Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [prep] a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fell headlong , his arms flailing , and struck the street hard enough to lose consciousness for a few seconds . |
| 2 | Shirley was a good runner , and she caught Heather up a few yards from the fire . |
| 3 | If you are not aware that your eating habits change depending on the time of your menstrual cycle , it would be worth keeping diary for a few months to check . |
| 4 | The writer only has memories of a few freights and the diesel hauled York-Bournemouth in 1964 . |
| 5 | For reasons principally of economy , most county councils have preferred to concentrate development on a few villages which can then conveniently be provided with the full range of public amenities — schools , shops , libraries , sewerage facilities and so on-This saves on the enormous cost of duplicating amenities in every village and helps to direct and contain population growth to a few well-chosen sites . |
| 6 | He caught sight of a few others , but they turned tail and vanished when they saw him through the mist . |
| 7 | Sometimes we need to reflect publicly , sometimes to provide space for a few moments of private reflection — this might mean the children sit quietly alone while the teacher asks questions which they respond to in their thoughts , or the reflection might take the form of a diary , or perhaps an " emotional map " charting the highs and lows of a journey/adventure/exploration . |
| 8 | The travelling chaos of a modern party leader 's election entourage had carried Major within a few miles of the home of the founder of the profession , a few of whose more troublesome contemporary practitioners are said to have caused him much irritation over the 16 months of his premiership . |
| 9 | The Cabernet Sauvignon from Languedoc is made by a company that was struggling to make ends meet by blending plonk until a few years ago . |
| 10 | Most found jobs within a few weeks and the longest any of them was unemployed was three months . |
| 11 | The third-ranking member of the CPV politburo , he had served as acting Premier for a few months in 1988 following the death of Pham Hung , but had then been dislodged from the post by the more conservative Do Muoi . |
| 12 | They may also know of people seeking work for a few hours or days per week , perhaps to help out with the garden , or heavier household tasks , or shopping . |
| 13 | Neither the SOC forces nor the guerrilla forces made significant gains in terms of control of territory during August ; the SOC forces on the whole maintained their positions , while the guerrillas continued to launch attacks and hold positions for a few hours before retreating . |
| 14 | With this technique it is possible to restrict activation to a few cells and , by simultaneously monitoring single unit activity through a nearby recording electrode , establish the extent of spread of effective stimulation . |
| 15 | Entrants then work in a variety of units and can expect promotion within a few years to lance-corporal and corporal . |
| 16 | Oh good oh right so er so you can you can do project for a few weeks fairly solidly before the end of term course when deadlines start looming . |
| 17 | She hoped to announce a new initiative to tackle unemployment within a few weeks . |
| 18 | Miraculously , when invited for the Hunt Ball , he had asked if he might bring an old school friend who was staying with him , hiring horses for a few days ' hunting . |
| 19 | I shall give way in a few moments . |
| 20 | Police here are publicising facilities within a few miles of the road . |
| 21 | Anne studied Robyn for a few moments . |
| 22 | With ammunition stockpiles only sufficient to sustain combat for a few days , a lack of the requisite support crafts to service warships and insufficient wartime defence contingencies analysts said that future five-year plans needed to consolidate the qualitative rather than quantitative aspect of the Defence Forces . |
| 23 | The normal stopping method is to let the motor run at idling speed for a few seconds before depressing the ignition switch . |
| 24 | She did not see Joe for a few days and then one Friday as she walked past she saw him in the teashop and went in to join him . |
| 25 | I HAVE had sex with a few girls but I do n't think that they found this experience very satisfying . |
| 26 | The crowd were settling in nicely to this when Ray ‘ Preston ’ joined John for a few numbers . |
| 27 | Democratic centralism concentrates power in a few hands and at the end of the day produces decision rather than fudging . |
| 28 | But the CTCs have been criticised by opponents who say the Government has lavished money on a few pupils at the expense of others throughout the country . |
| 29 | The transition from one to the other takes place after a few seconds of observation , is discontinous and can not be stopped at in an intermediate position . |
| 30 | This range , although covered by many hundreds of metres of water for most of its length , breaks surface in a few places to form the chain of apparently unconnected volcanic islands . |