Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SDP were likely to be a far greater danger to us , as disgruntled ex-Conservative voters who would never have voted Labour in a million years turned to a cosy middle party . |
| 2 | This was the first time that a member of the military had been tried and found guilty of a human rights violation in 11 years of civil war marked by accusations of government-sanctioned torture , kidnapping and murder . |
| 3 | He said he could do that in a few minutes after getting to his office , and I arranged to ring him later in the morning . |
| 4 | If the user only wishes to produce text on the system and is prepared to restrict this to a few styles and sizes then such a device is perfectly adequate . |
| 5 | She had done this before a few times perhaps , but not that many times . |
| 6 | Sartre is reported to have said that he did not feel free without a thousand francs in his pocket ; this is clearly a freedom which can only be enjoyed by a few . |
| 7 | Alternatively , you might break the goal down into smaller mini-goals , and spread these over a few weeks . |
| 8 | Beginning the Cystopurin treatment at the first signs of an attack will usually help you feel better within a few hours . |
| 9 | A Zimbabwean student at the Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow was shot dead by a Russian police officer on Aug. 11 . |
| 10 | IF you are planning to take part in the sponsored step aerobics session for the day care centre sit tight for a few weeks . |
| 11 | The glaze will stay shiny for a few days but after a week will begin to lose its gloss , so do n't decorate the cake too early . |
| 12 | As the spectrum includes four b-type bands we assign these to a 1 vibrations and the a-type bands to b 2 vibrations ( Fig. 5.30 ) . |
| 13 | After lying still for a few minutes , I threw back the duvet , got out of bed , walked to the door of the bedroom , opened the door , switched on the landing light , walked across the landing , opened the bathroom door , went into the bathroom , put the basin plug into the plughole , turned on the hot tap , ran some hot water into the wash basin , looked in the mirror … |
| 14 | There is evidence that , in living species too , ‘ fossil genes ’ occasionally come into their own again , and are re-used after lying dormant for a million years or so . |
| 15 | These are stars which flare up suddenly from near-invisibility to prominence , remaining bright for a few days , weeks or months before fading again . |
| 16 | If Smith were to fall under a bus — or , let us be blunt , drop dead during a European heads of government meeting — the effect on the nation 's stability and standing could be devastating . |
| 17 | Or it was just some seventeenth-century Dutch hippie paid to sit still for a few weeks in a dark robe in a cold studio . |
| 18 | and just make sure about a few things do n't we on the book one . |
| 19 | I 'm getting low on a few colours . |
| 20 | ‘ I will take the Opposition seriously on crime when they support , for example , the Prevention of Terrorism Act — and we will give them an opportunity to do that within a few days , ’ he said to Tory cheers . |
| 21 | Rather than chase somebody and take away what little respect they have , it 's far better that they go out and maybe get lost for a few minutes and then come back , than have somebody chase them . |
| 22 | The January 1989 white and fawn dog finished second in a 631 metres open at Sunderland , and switching to Middlesbrough 's inside hare has not proved to be any problem . |
| 23 | ‘ Gets better after a few drinks . |
| 24 | I 'm hearing things now that I have not heard in fifteen years that I 've been on this County Council and I would suggest erm to Mr that when he 's talking about things that this County Council ought to print , and I think the one suggestion he came up with is very sensible , he could perhaps follow up with a catalogue of those things which he considers need doing that after a hundred years have not been done . |
| 25 | On his last day , feeling a little guilty about sending his wife out shopping , he said , ‘ ’ There 's no need to go shopping today , love , I notice you have a nice bit of boiled ham in the fridge , I 'll have that with a few tomatoes . ' ’ |
| 26 | We should have that in a few minutes on the , the quotes side , Mark 's gon na bring them in to me . |
| 27 | He seemed to consider that for a few seconds and then replied , ‘ Maria Luisa needed me around . ’ |
| 28 | Try saying that after a few gins . |
| 29 | We all know that we feel better after a few days in the mountains but why is this ? |
| 30 | Justification for Scott 's impressive display in the House of Commons became apparent within a few days of his drawings being hung . |