Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it might pay a mother to wait for a few days and see what happened to the baby . |
| 2 | After I was at court I had to go back to Low Newton to wait for a few weeks before I could go to Styal prison . |
| 3 | It is normal for this sensitivity to remain for a few flights and then gradually to disappear . |
| 4 | They would stay for a few months and go back . |
| 5 | It was very simple , efficient , and reliable in operation , with the minor disadvantage that the vaporizer required preheating for a few minutes before the engine could be started ; when running , it retained sufficient heat to ignite the injected fuel . |
| 6 | Some of the young calves are fattened on the farms but many are reared for a few months and then sold for fattening in central or eastern Britain . |
| 7 | Simmer for a few minutes until the sauce is thickened . |
| 8 | But often we would n't get that straight away ; we 'd have to go through a few guitars before we found the combination of guitar and amp and EQ on the desk . |
| 9 | This increase in greenhouse gases is expected to eventually force global temperatures to rise by 2 to 5 °C , although the full amount of warming will be delayed for a few decades because of oceanic thermal inertia . |
| 10 | With great reluctance , Reagan bowed to pressure from his advisers and compromised the Kemp-Roth principle somewhat by agreeing that the first cut should be delayed for a few months and reduced to 5 per cent in the first year with 10 per cent cuts in years two and three . |
| 11 | The wireless crackled for a few moments until , after much jiggling with the knobs , the voice of Mr Chamberlain became clear . |
| 12 | The tape crackled for a few seconds and then hummed as he replaced the receiver . |
| 13 | By contrast , most privately rented accommodation is not available for short periods ( say for a few weeks while a house purchase is carried out ) . |
| 14 | We also stopped after a few paces and turned to look back at her . |
| 15 | To return to the offending nettle ( Urtica dioica ) or , it too had its uses : Martin Martin noted that in Skye ‘ the tops of nettles , chopped small , and mixed with a few whites or raw eggs , applied to the forehead and temples by way of a frontel , is used to procure sleep ’ . |
| 16 | It was happening with a few students because I was still teaching for two or three months after ‘ Surfing ’ was released . |
| 17 | At first , the Sisters themselves tried knocking in a few nails or propping up walls with staves . |
| 18 | I hope he can start knocking in a few goals because we need players who want to play for the club . |
| 19 | WACC has acquired a certain expertise in this field , but its activities so far have been confined to a few countries or sub-regions . |
| 20 | He and the housekeeper continued to converse for a few minutes and finally he said , ‘ Very well , Mrs Pettifer , sherry at six . ’ |
| 21 | Where time permits , leave the final draft of any report you have written for a few days and then read it again with fresh eyes . |
| 22 | Overdrafts to customers are often granted for a few days or weeks . |
| 23 | ‘ She wakes for a few minutes and then is unconscious for several hours , ’ said a police spokesman . |
| 24 | I did n't want anyone to feel that this diet was a ‘ prison sentence ’ to be endured for a few weeks or months before old habits could be reintroduced . |
| 25 | Given this set of circumstances , it could be that the new wave of information technology firms will never turn into a real breaker , but be seen in a few years as just a ripple on the pond . |
| 26 | In all her short life Sally-Anne had never before encountered the squalor which she had seen in the few days since she had arrived in these poor streets in the hinterland between London Docks and Stepney . |
| 27 | Another method of birth control must be used for a few months until two consecutive tests show there are no sperm left . |
| 28 | Ice expected to last some time , but look for a few skimmers and perch at Newport on pole and maggot . |
| 29 | The men and women ( eleven in all ) who met here and talked for a few hours and went their unremarkable ways , were the descendants of the impassioned few Roxborough had gathered around him in the dark days following the failure of the Reconciliation . |
| 30 | Uplands kept its wholesaling operation going for a few years after I left , but it does n't exist any more ; I think the day of the really small wholesaler is gone . ’ |