Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [prep] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IF you are planning to take part in the sponsored step aerobics session for the day care centre sit tight for a few weeks . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 … |
| 4 | Some idea of the strain to which the realm was submitted by these wars will become evident from a few sample years . |
| 5 | These are stars which flare up suddenly from near-invisibility to prominence , remaining bright for a few days , weeks or months before fading again . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | and just make sure about a few things do n't we on the book one . |
| 8 | I 'm getting low on a few colours . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Justification for Scott 's impressive display in the House of Commons became apparent within a few days of his drawings being hung . |
| 11 | The snow is so deep — three metres outside the door here — that after big storms , potentially dangerous ski areas remain inaccessible for a few days . |
| 12 | Then the smell of warm grass came to join that of the roses and gunpowder and he fell asleep for a few moments , dreaming of cricket fields and meadows . |
| 13 | He fell asleep for a few hours just before dawn and woke cold and cramped , his head on the small desk , his body somehow wedged on the stool . |
| 14 | The CO looked thoughtful for a few moments . |
| 15 | United played some classy football against Millwall in the first half … they looked good for a few goals but ended with nothing … |
| 16 | She had never mentioned that she possessed musical ability , so the crew listened spellbound for a few minutes as she played the carol ‘ Silent Night , Holy Night ’ , as though she had been rehearsing for a month . |
| 17 | Each time I pretended to go to sleep again and went crazy after a few minutes . |
| 18 | The controls are well laid out and become instinctive after a few plays , though you have to let go of the joystick pretty smartish or you 'll move one block further than you intended . |
| 19 | That is , they fluctuate about a mean with a wavelength small compared with the dimensions of the sample , and the effects of these fluctuations become insignificant within a few wavelengths of the surface . |
| 20 | This makes the hollow stem go rubbery for a few seconds , but then it just stiffens up straight as it cools . |
| 21 | He fell silent for a few moments , shredding the paper that had wrapped his sugar cube . |
| 22 | They fell silent for a few moments as they drank their tea . |
| 23 | Now Somerset is a long way away , but the first stopping place that they can find where they will be left undisturbed for a few days is in the Vale , and very shortly the Vale will be designated , so they 'll have to travel even further into west Oxford , which is going to be , if we 're not careful , the only undesignated district in the whole of the south of England , and I would n't want to be a resident of west Oxford in these circumstances . |
| 24 | ‘ 'Scuse me , sir — when the meeting finished and the other gentlemen went off home , the gates was left open for a few minutes . |
| 25 | Would you like to borrow Nutty for a few weeks ? |
| 26 | Zhang was killed instantly , although his death was kept secret for a few days . |
| 27 | It tastes alright for a few mouthfuls and then it like gets a bit monotonous . |
| 28 | The keel stayed solid for a few moments , then clouded and became clear as glass . |
| 29 | After he 'd gone Sarella sat still for a few moments with her head resting on the chair-back . |
| 30 | The two men , Executioner and challenger , stood motionless for a few seconds , each weighing up the opponent he would now face in a fight to the death . |