Example sentences of "[verb] back [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Well , we had a talk and she invited me to come back in a few days ' time . |
3 | Some of the nomes scouted around the sheds and came back with a few vegetables that had been missed , but it was a pitifully small amount . |
4 | She came back in a few minutes , looking very serious . |
5 | The attendant came back after a few minutes , its little red boots ruffling the hem of its robe . |
6 | She wriggled in outrage , but when he caught her head between his hands , pulling back for a few moments to stare intently into her face , she stopped fighting . |
7 | 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 ! |
8 | so she 's got to go back in a few weeks ' time |
9 | I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’ |
10 | I did n't want to leave the Maxteds behind because they had started out as my passengers , so I went back in a few minutes later to see if they were ready to leave . |
11 | I walked the glen many times , and looked back on the few trees , lying far in the hollow , that grow near the place where the massacre is said to have begun ; while on either side were deep rock-lined , tree and fern-fringed chasms , leading into seclusions and bleak mountain summits , one could spend long hours exploring . |
12 | ‘ If Steve does n't come back for a few days I 'll probably have to go into Palma and see the airlines and the tourist board myself . ’ |
13 | Mummy will come back in a few minutes , wo n't she , for Susie ? ’ |
14 | Grant , the people could come back in a few minutes |
15 | think back to a few years back when I was in training about a job and you might still think it now , but I could n't give , put ideas over to somebody on one-to-one training . |
16 | Come back in a few years , eh ? ’ |