Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had enough tins in the larder to see them through a few days at least . |
| 2 | The realization that I had an incurable disease that was likely to kill me in a few years was a bit of a shock . |
| 3 | he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof . |
| 4 | It was still unthinkable to see him without his sketchbook and pencil , but of the hundreds and hundreds of drawings he made , he gave away many or sold them for a few francs . |
| 5 | You ca n't buy me with a few armfuls of flowers . ’ |
| 6 | Please let solicitors deal with everything , and also , please believe me when I say that I want nothing but a few mementos of my father . |
| 7 | Sticky Block — Holds you for a few seconds . |
| 8 | He 'll cry long and hard , and though you can soothe him for a few minutes at a time , hours can pass without you ever really silencing the cries . |
| 9 | Maybe someone bold enough to improvise like that would even take the risk of getting himself really knocked out and dropped in the water , knowing I could n't fail to find him in a few minutes . ’ |
| 10 | Going it alone in difficult times is not to be recommended , but if you wish to try it for a few weeks then there is no harm done , simply time lost if you are unsuccessful . |
| 11 | Cook it for a few minutes longer than stated and eat it |
| 12 | That does not render it inedible if you cook it within a few hours — or freeze it immediately . |
| 13 | As I cleaned the little beauty and mounted it in my new display case , I promised myself that I would do everything possible to provide it with a few companions in the months that followed . |
| 14 | An old worker , after giving the machine a jaundiced look , turned the handle and tried it with a few roots . |
| 15 | On page 48 , Jim Levi profiles the man who will occupy one of the hottest seats in British banking , so I will confine myself to a few points . |
| 16 | My God , for 15 years I 'd written nothing but a few songs . ’ |
| 17 | This is me , I goes , I goes I 'll let it slip this time cos you have n't seen me for a few weeks . |
| 18 | Can I just borrow you for a few moments ? |
| 19 | I 've seen her for a few minutes , but now they 've taken her to be X-rayed . |
| 20 | Halt it for a few minutes and it would die altogether . |
| 21 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 22 | ‘ Teach me to live , that I may dread/The grave as little as my bed ’ , he had written ; in this spirit he carried his shroud in a portmanteau and put it on a few days before his death at Longleat in 1711 , which his friends considered to have been advanced by his fasting and mortifications . |
| 23 | In that case the Lapp had said he would do it for a few drinks if we had any with us . |
| 24 | Hold it for a few seconds , maybe five , then release it . |
| 25 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 26 | The former '80s high flier is already well on the way to digging itself out of the mess it got itself into a few years back . |
| 27 | One example in Torquay , Devon , has proven itself over a few years . |
| 28 | ‘ So I said I 'd see them in a few days . |
| 29 | One hour later we dissociated the nerves , cultured them for a few hours , and double-labelled them with an anti-BrdU antibody and an antibody that labels oligodendrocyte precursor cells . |
| 30 | ‘ Twice you have surprised me within a few minutes , Mr. Preston . |