Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] in a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our plan was to meet there in a few days ' time , once our researches in New York were concluded . |
| 2 | ‘ No , I 'm sure you 'll be able to go home in a few days . |
| 3 | I have been persuaded by the publishers to adopt the spellings on the latest maps of the Ordnance Survey and where these differ from those previously accepted have done so with reluctance , rebelling only in a few cases of change in long-familiar names . |
| 4 | yes , I should n't mind going away in a few weeks , if , if |
| 5 | You 've said ‘ Fire ! ’ and seen the price of a dozen cameras blow away in a few seconds ' worth of flash and bang , with nothing left at the end to stick in the family album . |
| 6 | I was doing things I knew that I would be doing properly in a few years . |
| 7 | Korea 's Samsung will start doing so in a few weeks . |
| 8 | Most innovations , however , especially the successful ones , result from a conscious , purposeful search for innovation opportunities which are found only in a few situations . |
| 9 | Most innovations , however , especially the successful ones , result from a conscious purposeful search for innovation opportunities which are found only in a few situations . ’ |
| 10 | Well thank you very much , it 's obviously a totally different point of view to what we 'll hear perhaps in a few minutes . |
| 11 | Well you can go outside in a few minutes . |
| 12 | Even he , however , confessed that it was difficult to control men who had not been accustomed to organization , whose " idea was that once a union was formed everything should be put right in a few hours " . |
| 13 | With boards travelling at up to 25 knots , the emphasis is on not falling since in a few seconds the fleet will have zoomed past and gained a huge advantage . |
| 14 | Minority groups under pressure change , and do so in a few generations : they become bilingual and accept the culture of the larger society . |
| 15 | Doubtless that was the trigger , but an operation of 24,000 men is not thrown together in a few days . |
| 16 | well we ca n't go into the reasons for that but I said let's respect the reasons I said if that 's how you feel I said , you 're a man you you must make your own decisions I said probably in a few months time you 'll come |