Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had enough tins in the larder to see them through a few days at least . |
| 2 | The realization that I had an incurable disease that was likely to kill me in a few years was a bit of a shock . |
| 3 | he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof . |
| 4 | This involves them in the same difficulties as those faced , or evaded , by psychologists . |
| 5 | It was still unthinkable to see him without his sketchbook and pencil , but of the hundreds and hundreds of drawings he made , he gave away many or sold them for a few francs . |
| 6 | You ca n't buy me with a few armfuls of flowers . ’ |
| 7 | He withdrew all charges against them and immediately re-charged them with the same ones . |
| 8 | Our Discovery Tour of Sri Lanka will introduce you to the many wonders of this harmonious land . |
| 9 | Sticky Block — Holds you for a few seconds . |
| 10 | At Aintree he beat The Thinker just over seven lengths and is due to meet him on the same terms , although Jimmy Frost , his rider , may put up a pound or two more than the minimum 10st . |
| 11 | He 'll cry long and hard , and though you can soothe him for a few minutes at a time , hours can pass without you ever really silencing the cries . |
| 12 | Maybe someone bold enough to improvise like that would even take the risk of getting himself really knocked out and dropped in the water , knowing I could n't fail to find him in a few minutes . ’ |
| 13 | Going it alone in difficult times is not to be recommended , but if you wish to try it for a few weeks then there is no harm done , simply time lost if you are unsuccessful . |
| 14 | Cook it for a few minutes longer than stated and eat it |
| 15 | That does not render it inedible if you cook it within a few hours — or freeze it immediately . |
| 16 | As I cleaned the little beauty and mounted it in my new display case , I promised myself that I would do everything possible to provide it with a few companions in the months that followed . |
| 17 | An old worker , after giving the machine a jaundiced look , turned the handle and tried it with a few roots . |
| 18 | If they are predominantly female , and 83 per cent of part-timers are , the equal pay legislation may entitle them to the same benefits and conditions as their full-time colleagues . |
| 19 | This is me , I goes , I goes I 'll let it slip this time cos you have n't seen me for a few weeks . |
| 20 | Can I just borrow you for a few moments ? |
| 21 | I 've seen her for a few minutes , but now they 've taken her to be X-rayed . |
| 22 | Halt it for a few minutes and it would die altogether . |
| 23 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 24 | ‘ Teach me to live , that I may dread/The grave as little as my bed ’ , he had written ; in this spirit he carried his shroud in a portmanteau and put it on a few days before his death at Longleat in 1711 , which his friends considered to have been advanced by his fasting and mortifications . |
| 25 | In that case the Lapp had said he would do it for a few drinks if we had any with us . |
| 26 | Hold it for a few seconds , maybe five , then release it . |
| 27 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 28 | ‘ So I said I 'd see them in a few days . |
| 29 | One hour later we dissociated the nerves , cultured them for a few hours , and double-labelled them with an anti-BrdU antibody and an antibody that labels oligodendrocyte precursor cells . |
| 30 | Okay , just about it now Okay , gon na ask each group what marks they 've given and why , now it 's not for the other team to justify it because it 's all a subjective thing but the thing is we 're hopefully marking them against the same criteria as everybody else because we 've all been in the same place and listened to the same things and read the same things , however , now we know obviously it does n't necessarily mean that everybody 's taken in the same things . |