Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newman had stopped walking for a few moments , his mind racing . |
| 2 | Jessamy stopped drawing for a few moments . |
| 3 | At first , the Sisters themselves tried knocking in a few nails or propping up walls with staves . |
| 4 | However , one the " dose and move " system has operated for a few years this problem is unlikely to arise . |
| 5 | They will also be able to supply you with a list of suitable short-term homes for the elderly in your area , to which your parent might consider going for a few weeks each year in order that you may have a holiday , if there is no other member of the family who could take over your responsibilities in your absence . |
| 6 | THE Director of Public Prosecutions , Mr Allan Green , QC , is expected to decide within a few weeks whether to press corporate manslaughter charges against British Rail , the Crown Prosecution Service said yesterday . |
| 7 | Lead levels from a system with lead piping are much higher in the first few pints that come from a tap that has been left turned off than after the water has run for a few minutes , as this flushes out much of the dissolved lead . |
| 8 | And what has happened before a few years have passed ? |
| 9 | And now that Lucy had resolved to stay for a few days , she decided to tell her aunt to expect her when she saw her . |
| 10 | Later , Margaret stopped playing for a few years so she could concentrate on squash but three years ago she returned to the sport and now plays outside hitter for the Balerno team . |
| 11 | He promised to return within a few weeks , bearing a bonnet of fashionable design . |
| 12 | Some stopped dividing after a few hours and remained generalised in form and in dense clusters . |
| 13 | ‘ Donkey has waited for a few minutes . |
| 14 | After its recognition in 1936 and its description as a clinical entity in 1938 , the prognosis has improved from a few months of life to a median age of survival of over 20 years . |
| 15 | The first photoelectrochemical cells also had low efficiencies and stopped working after a few hours — this time due to light-induced erosion of the semiconducting electrode . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , the ethos of competitive assessment often leads the student who has failed on a few tasks ( e.g. learned more slowly than other people ) to feel that he/she has failed as a person . |
| 17 | In May 1977 the policy was amended , when it was decided to concentrate on a few tourist growth points in areas of rural depopulation where there was unrealized tourist potential . |
| 18 | He 'd played with a few friends over the years but never managed to overcome the logistics of forming and fronting a band . |
| 19 | It was difficult to raise the vein as the filly staggered around , but she came to rest for a few seconds and I dug my thumb into the jugular furrow . |
| 20 | That would be her neighbour wanting to chat for a few minutes . |
| 21 | A few days before Michael came home , our daughter-in-law Pippa came to stay for a few days , bringing Emily , who was to go to a boarding-school in Yorkshire . |
| 22 | It was as if , thought the queen-dowager fancifully , the world had stopped turning for a few moments , immobilised by the enormity of her action . |
| 23 | You may have experienced something similar with shampoo : use the same one for too long and the remarkable results you may have seen at first begin to diminish after a few washes . |
| 24 | I would n't , I would n't mind going for a few days |
| 25 | Zen 's barking background could only have been a big plus the day he found a newborn baby whose entire experience of life was going to be lying abandoned for a few hours by a creek near Plymouth . |
| 26 | Although most children remain well as long as they stick to their diet , a few seem to relapse after a few years for no apparent reason . |
| 27 | I was n't going to rush around buying horribly expensive things like smoke salmon that I could n't afford , I was going to do a big family feast and I was going to get in a few games like the monopoly or lotto or you know , I just , I have n't worked it out but I thought oh what fun |
| 28 | For example , they seem to survive on a few hours ' sleep ; they will report waking and getting up early ( often to the annoyance of their families ) ; sporting activities include frenetic games ( squash ) and/or strenuous single person sports ( running , swimming ) . |
| 29 | The rental sector meanwhile provides — along with all the box-office successes which nowadays transfer to tape within a few months and probably need no further introduction — the chance to catch up on a variety of ( often more deserving ) movies which have been less widely seen in cinemas here . |
| 30 | Mr Fallon said streamlining services and ‘ getting rid of a few managers ’ would benefit patients but moves towards a full merger would not win his support . |