Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asking the candidate to wait on for a few minutes . |
| 2 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
| 3 | Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’ |
| 4 | Only got in for a few minutes as half the church was there . |
| 5 | The membranes of course contain both the proteins and the enzyme that phosphorylates them , protein kinase C. If radioactive ATP is added to a tiny sample of the membranes , and incubated together for a few seconds in a miniature test-tube , the membrane proteins become both phosphorylated and radioactive . |
| 6 | It was in April of that year that F.W. Hardy , captain of Stockton Cycle Club , got together with a few others to complain that the Barnard Castle Meet was being dominated too much by clubs from Tyneside and suggested it was time for cycling clubs from the south of the region to break away . |
| 7 | Before the members of the cast separated to check out of their lodgings on that last night of the provincial tour before moving in for a run at a West End theatre they got together for a few drinks on stage . |
| 8 | Mr. Gilpin said ‘ picturesque ideas are all cloathed in bodily forms and may often be explained better by a few strokes of the pencil than by a volume of the most laboured description . ’ |
| 9 | But the assumption that all morality means sexual morality is too widespread to go down without a few squawks of protest . |
| 10 | But since he can think only of a few things at a time , the routine function of his noble gift of reason must be to correct spontaneous reactions and keep them running in an intelligent direction . |
| 11 | Turn into a lightly floured board and knead gently for a few minutes . |
| 12 | The chances of the Government being defeated when amendment 27 is voted on in a few weeks are now difficult to judge . |
| 13 | The hunt itself moved on after a few minutes , leaving the terrier man to flush out the fox . |
| 14 | Indeed , after our second stop in Bombay a few passengers gratefully chose the option of being one-armed , one-legged , one-eyed , two-headed beggars rather than having to return to their seatettes and fly somewhere for a few months with their hands on their heads . |
| 15 | Take this tiny sample : Leopold Bloom , the Dublin Jew , with his touching mixture of timorousness and courage , has looked in for a few moments at a church as a Mass is ending . |
| 16 | New York became conditioned to skyscrapers which were torn down after a few years ' life to be replaced by newer skyscrapers . |
| 17 | Cider and culinary apple orchards have gone the same way , all helped along until a few years ago by government grants to grub up the old trees and replace them with easy to spray , prune and pick bush types . |
| 18 | 5 Return the turkey or chicken pieces to the pan and cook gently for a few minutes . |
| 19 | " Ask Dr. Lorrimer to come down for a few minutes , will you please ? " |
| 20 | I ask him to come down for a few days and I also invite Lady De Marr . |
| 21 | Ask him to write down in a few words what he thinks his present image is , and what he wants his image to be , and he will most likely fail to do it . |
| 22 | The reader in men and masculinity from Bradford University conjured up images for me of a muscular man walking in with a few four-packs of larger under his arms ready to address BASW delegates . |
| 23 | Poured on to the plane , alone , Burton was humped for thirteen hours across the Atlantic , assuaged by alcohol ; stopped over for a few drinks in New York and then taken on an eleven-hour trip to Los Angeles which was made tolerable by more alcohol . |
| 24 | This was also controlled by a private club , but we were sometimes given a day 's fishing and generally managed to come home with a few trout . |
| 25 | People are more likely to come home after a few drinks , light a cigarette and then fall asleep , often with tragic consequences . |
| 26 | I was expecting you , of course , but I must have dropped off for a few minutes . ’ |
| 27 | Add the bacon and venison and cook quickly for a few minutes , stirring frequently , to seal the meat . |
| 28 | We stopped off at a few cafes on the way so that we could stretch our legs . |
| 29 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
| 30 | ‘ We 've come up with a few names . |