Example sentences of "[verb] it [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Cook it for a few minutes longer than stated and eat it |
| 3 | That does not render it inedible if you cook it within a few hours — or freeze it immediately . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | An old worker , after giving the machine a jaundiced look , turned the handle and tried it with a few roots . |
| 6 | Halt it for a few minutes and it would die altogether . |
| 7 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | In that case the Lapp had said he would do it for a few drinks if we had any with us . |
| 10 | Hold it for a few seconds , maybe five , then release it . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The Provisional IRA have also used it on a few occasions . |
| 13 | If she has had it for a few years , there will be another bonus in that it will mature before the end of your mortgage term , saving thousands in extra interest payments . |
| 14 | You 've had it for a few years too . |
| 15 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
| 16 | Inside is a will , so read it for a few surprises . |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't use it for a few days , and see how it goes . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | However , she only keeps it for a few weeks before it is handed back to the new Lady Mayoress by the sheriff for the price of a kiss . |
| 20 | I enjoyed it for a few weeks but then went to Stanley . ’ |
| 21 | I could let you have it for a few months until you get sorted out . ’ |
| 22 | Yes I know cos you did have it on a few weeks ago . |
| 23 | He examined it for a few moments , then realised Tock was standing beside him with a can of oil . |
| 24 | ‘ Especially if he was doing it with a few friends . ’ |
| 25 | Those who have a real interest will leave it for a few years before attempting training . |
| 26 | She held my hand steady to bring the cigarette to the flame and kept it for a few seconds longer than she had to . |
| 27 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |
| 28 | I 'll would outgrown it within a few months . |
| 29 | But , within a couple of months of coming to the throne , Siraj-ud-Daula marched on Calcutta , seized and plundered it after a few days of frantic but ill-prepared resistance , and allowed the few British survivors of the seige to be locked up in the prison of the fortress for the night . |
| 30 | Yeah , probably did it in a few hours |