Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] in [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The realization that I had an incurable disease that was likely to kill me in a few years was a bit of a shock . |
2 | 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 . ’ |
3 | ‘ So I said I 'd see them in a few days . |
4 | On a personal level I ca n't go off and say ‘ Bye darling ’ , I 'll see you in a few years . |
5 | I told him I would contact him in a few days , but I never did . |
6 | Now anyone with a spreadsheet should be able to do them in a few hours . |
7 | So do you think that erm when this law was erm pushed through in nineteen forty seven that er perhaps Mao you know well I think there 's been a bit of excess now , I think we 'll do some we just need , we just need a bit of a rush now just to take us through a bit and then we 'll stop it in a few months time . |
8 | I would like to invite members to stand and join me in a few moments silence in memory of Doctor . |
9 | No , I mean , there 's nothing to stop him arresting more British people , or er , any nationality , come to that , and saying well , they did stray into our territory , I 'm sorry about this , but er , we ca n't have that sort of thing , you 'll have to er , come and see if I want to release them in a few months . |
10 | ’ So they kept us in a few days . |
11 | Yeah , probably did it in a few hours |
12 | ‘ Well I 'll put it in a few words . |
13 | You see towards the bottom er we pose a few questions there , I 'm going to ask you in a few minutes to introduce yourselves and to say what what sort of presentations you make at the moment . |
14 | Happily in those days there was no air navel to take us in a few hours to Addis Ababa and bring us back a few days later . |
15 | The vast X-ray energies suddenly dumped in their little laps will kill them in a few seconds , giving the fastest cures on record . |
16 | ‘ If someone does n't help you in a few minutes you will die . ’ |
17 | ‘ See you in a few minutes , Ben , ’ she said smiling . |
18 | See you in a few minutes . ’ |
19 | See you in a few weeks again . |
20 | See you in a few years time with fucking . |
21 | Go and see her in a few days . |
22 | St John explained it in a few words in verse 18 : |