Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are four key ideas in that sentence , and I want to underline them for a few more minutes . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But we want to review it after a few months because as I say , once she 's got herself organized , it might be alright . |
| 4 | ‘ Of course I 'd like to see you with a few sheep , my lass , sheep being so close to my heart . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Towards the end of the nineteenth century this belief began to impress itself upon a few mature minds that were open to a concept of childhood quite different from that of an earlier age , when children tended to be regarded as nothing better than undeveloped adults . |
| 7 | After snarling a few choice remarks at them from the corners of our mouths , such as , ‘ Get lost ! ’ or ‘ Beat it ! ’ , which we understood to be good American for , ‘ Please go away , we do not wish for company , ’ we managed to rid ourselves of a few of them , but two of the most persistent followed us until we were clear of the town , and then we realised that the only way to be left alone was for us to be really rude . |
| 8 | The vessels ' hulls are completely intact , and the team hopes to raise them within a few years . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | All those below were too busy and had not time to spare to comfort him with a few minutes ' companionship . |