Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] in [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | School students will stay on in the few settlements that will be left and in schools in Cuba , West Africa and other countries . |
| 2 | The chances of the Government being defeated when amendment 27 is voted on in a few weeks are now difficult to judge . |
| 3 | Ask him to write down in a few words what he thinks his present image is , and what he wants his image to be , and he will most likely fail to do it . |
| 4 | So all them hassles what you 're gon na get in the future when they they 're gon na fall out in a few years time . |
| 5 | They went away thanking her for her help , and promised to come back in a few weeks ' time when Bruno 's booster injection was due . |
| 6 | Well , we had a talk and she invited me to come back in a few days ' time . |
| 7 | She came back in a few minutes , looking very serious . |
| 8 | Complexity is no disadvantage , so long as the report can be produced and the dust shaken off in a few minutes . |
| 9 | Of course , where the wealth goes is a problem , since it often ends up in a few hands . |
| 10 | I can not sum up in a few sentences what will be the substance itself of my book . |
| 11 | Simple word-processing programs often used in conjunction with microwriters are already being experimented on in a few schools . |
| 12 | Often the drive surface is just skimmed with tarmac which breaks up in a few weeks . |
| 13 | We will be reporting back in a few weeks ' time about this case and whether we have achieved a lasting and muzzle-free peace treaty between the battling Yorkies ! |
| 14 | Cos I 've got to go out in a few minutes . |
| 15 | The answer is one of two things — a Labour government which he can not influence for the good , or a Labour government which he turns out in a few months , provoking another election . |
| 16 | so she 's got to go back in a few weeks ' time |
| 17 | ‘ You see , Brownies , this hall is being pulled down in a few weeks ' time and new houses put up in its place , and there just does n't seem to be anywhere else for us to meet . |
| 18 | The journey is a long one , but it is hurried over in a few words . |
| 19 | I have another important foreign call coming through in a few minutes , so , if you 'll excuse me , I 'll hand you over to the Chief Accountant now . " |
| 20 | Each centre aims to build up in a few years the basis for energy conservation throughout industry , transport and construction — an ambitious target , which Chandler feels is achievable . |
| 21 | Welcome back to Central News South : Coming up in a few minutes , the farmer who 's taken maternity hospital technology and adapted it for the lambing season . |
| 22 | Welcome back to Central News : coming up in a few minutes , the sheep farmer who 's opened his farm yard to the public for the lambing season . |
| 23 | Coming up in a few minutes , the artist who 's had a six year love affair with the Malvern Hills . |
| 24 | Welcome back : Coming up in a few minutes , the wallaby farmer who 's got something of a baby boom on his hands . |
| 25 | Welcome back : Coming up in a few minutes . |
| 26 | The barges , designed to be sailed by one man and a boy , could be laid up in a few days . |
| 27 | From a conservationist viewpoint , Hong Kong 's problem can be summed up in a few words : too many people . |
| 28 | And this information will be linguistically analyzed , and then used to help compile the new dictionary which will be coming out in a few years . |
| 29 | But Dreadnought , let alone all her other weak places , had been holed amidships by a baulk of timber , and before long the water poured into her with a sound like a sigh and she went down in a few seconds . |
| 30 | The sales force is a problem they 've been working on for awhile and could be in a position to snap off in a few months . |