Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb base] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | At home the sudden switch from inflation and boom to stagnation and slump in a few months made changes in policy inevitable . |
| 2 | Heat the oil in a large frying pan , add the garlic and cook for a few seconds . |
| 3 | Pour into glasses , top each one with a whole fresh strawberry and serve with a few amaretti biscuits . |
| 4 | Research has shown that some old people can not survive the emotional shock of moving to the Home and die within a few weeks . |
| 5 | Rent a horse or a motor bike and explore on a few leisurely sorties . |
| 6 | Put a layer of the meat and bean mixture in the base of each shell , add a layer of lettuce , top with the other chopped salad vegetables and sprinkle with a few olives . |
| 7 | Melt the butter , add the flour and cook for a few seconds , then gradually add the milk , straining it into the roux mixture . |
| 8 | Add the flour and cook for a few seconds , then remove the pan from the heat and add the soured cream and the egg yolks . |
| 9 | Place one piece of stem into each jar and leave for a few hours . |
| 10 | Throughout the next two years I had lost interest in the game I would wait a few months and then in a space of a week I would go and have a few games it was n't until 1993 early January that I started playing regularly again I was determined to get a handicap and play in a few competitions sometime that year . |
| 11 | All they had to do was pile the earth back on top of the coffin and toss in a few bulbs of garlic just to be on the safe side . |
| 12 | Add peppers and tomatoes and cook for a few minutes , then add the remainder of the vegetables , the marjoram and wine and simmer gently for 30 minutes . |
| 13 | 2 Add the mushrooms and spring onions , then stir in the tomato purée and soured cream and simmer for a few minutes . |
| 14 | Capitalism is a system of producing profit and gain for a few at the expense of others . |
| 15 | Add the rice and saffron and sauté for a few minutes with the onion until opaque . |
| 16 | Spread 10 small crackers with the mixture and top each with a cooked peeled prawn and sprinkle with a few alfalfa sprouts . |
| 17 | They pinch most of what they say from the student press in America and throw in a few tags from Colonel Ojukwu . |
| 18 | I make a coffee and flick through a few albums to try and find something suitable — a Michael Sembelo , a Philip Baily , a Deacon Blue , but none of them feel right in my soul . |
| 19 | Place one of these on the slide and cover with a few drops of water . |
| 20 | Throughout the lunar core samples , which extend well below a few millimetres , the exposure ages of the grains are similar at all depths and correspond to a few million years exposure to the cosmic-ray intensity in the present Solar System . |
| 21 | Bring to the boil and simmer for a few min . |
| 22 | ‘ Just think , ’ he told her , ‘ you could treat yourself to a trip down Bond Street and splurge on a few trinkets and some new clothes for your wardrobe . ’ |