Example sentences of "[verb] in [art] few [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first , the Sisters themselves tried knocking in a few nails or propping up walls with staves . |
| 2 | I hope he can start knocking in a few goals because we need players who want to play for the club . |
| 3 | Given this set of circumstances , it could be that the new wave of information technology firms will never turn into a real breaker , but be seen in a few years as just a ripple on the pond . |
| 4 | In all her short life Sally-Anne had never before encountered the squalor which she had seen in the few days since she had arrived in these poor streets in the hinterland between London Docks and Stepney . |
| 5 | After India , Poland , Munich , quick trip to Milan to see Berio and Eco , Paris , Queneau unwell , Butor planning book on Diabelli Variations , that man is an interpretative machine , Paz said , whatever you feed him he devours in a few months and a year later out comes a book . |
| 6 | If the symptoms are of the remedy they will disappear in a few days and no more medicine may be needed . |
| 7 | Understandably Diana found it hard to concentrate on the cookery course she had enrolled in a few days before her father suffered his stroke . |
| 8 | ‘ It has got to a stage where I am not looking ahead to what might happen in a few weeks or a few months . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll leave in a few minutes and be with you in about half an hour . |
| 10 | However , a machine can only stretch in a few directions and is therefore only of limited value . |
| 11 | The plan is to grow the lawnmower business over the next couple of years and then float the shares to raise cash to add in a few operations that are less seasonal , and less weather-dependent . |
| 12 | I think we might as well get in a few things and anyway I want some envelope re-use labels . |
| 13 | But I think in the few months that this administration has er , has been in office , it is encouraging to see that the county council is operating inside the budget , er , which I believe was actually set by the previous administration , erm , er over which we had no influence whatsoever . |
| 14 | But when the edge had dulled it was no problem and on the harder wood a burn mark could be left in a few seconds if very little pressure was applied with the cutter just spinning on the surface . |
| 15 | Differentiate a few quotients , get the hang of it , throw in a few sines and coses . |
| 16 | He told the owner of the pensione that he would probably be leaving in a few days and then he made his way to the station to ask about trains . |
| 17 | It is particularly this aspect of BSL structure which not only creates the concentration of meaning in a few glosses but is frequently brought into use by deaf people . |
| 18 | The statements with which respondents were invited to entirely agree , agree with qualification , or disagree , were : ( 12 ) Dreams only occur in the few moments before you wake up . |