Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] a few [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been off for three or four time before for long a few years and |
| 2 | The car had been parked outside their home for only a few minutes before neighbours saw it being driven off by teenage youths . |
| 3 | He was inside for only a few minutes and emerged very badly shaken . |
| 4 | They had been married for only a few weeks before he had been hacked down by a sabre . |
| 5 | The embrace lasts for only a few seconds as the eggs are expelled immediately and fertilised by the male . |
| 6 | She thought they had started from different points , although she had wanted to marry him after only a few meetings because he ‘ felt good to be with ’ . |
| 7 | At present , the executive takes decisions to release some murderers after only a few years and to keep others in prison for extremely long periods . |
| 8 | He was alone for just a few minutes and I made my offer . |
| 9 | and Clifford , no Clifford said , the lads to each other are we going out again dad you know cos oh Margaret was in , yes , and there was some other boys , the boy across the road was eating something and the boys said and Clifford said do you mind if I just sit in the chair and be quiet for just a few minutes and he just sat in the chair and had his heart attack |
| 10 | But the ground conditions in some parts of Europe make good results extremely difficult to obtain : some areas of Portugal , for instance , have field sizes of only a few metres and exhibit multi-level and multi-seasonal cropping . |
| 11 | Many small birds have escaped with the loss of only a few feathers because of a smartly delivered peck with a sharp beak . |
| 12 | It was a matter of only a few minutes before the rebels reached the President 's quarters , and stopped to await General Bobo , who had made clear his intention to take over personally . |
| 13 | It is one of only a few products that can run text round an irregular object , although there are restrictions to this . |
| 14 | She and her companion lived in a paddock of only a few acres and so required daily feed of grain and hay . |
| 15 | And it was n't a case of just a few beatings and that |
| 16 | This may range from small areas of earthworks within or at one end of a settlement , to large areas of earthworks with only a few farms and cottages in use today . |
| 17 | WADING THROUGH mud or swimming through a cold ravine with just a few oatcakes and nuts to keep you going is not very one 's cup of tea , but for six Risley lads it was fun . |
| 18 | We decided that this could happen with quite a few units and that we should point out in the documentation the need to be on guard against it . |
| 19 | One of the H. Fire development bright colours within only a few days and began a reign of terror . |
| 20 | She knew with total certainty that her imagination had n't been playing tricks , and that it was the second time in only a few minutes that she 'd heard those precise words . |
| 21 | It is this incredible flexibility that allows us to juggle page layouts in just a few minutes and produce a fresh piece of artwork each time rather than wait hours , even days , for the re-worked page to come back from the artist 's studio . |
| 22 | This strategy is reminiscent of the poster ( visible , interestingly enough , in quite a few staffrooms and offices ) saying ‘ I 'm going to have my nervous breakdown . |
| 23 | Round-bale silage was found on only a few farms and was not as yet widely used . |
| 24 | The report runs to only a few lines and Treby C.J. of the Common Pleas is reported as holding that ‘ when money is paid in pursuance of a void authority , etc. indebitatus assumpsit lies for it . ’ |
| 25 | A second limitation is that the duration of the effect with standard doses is confined to only a few minutes before the drug diffuses around the circle of Willis and into the opposite hemisphere . |
| 26 | In some parts of the country the extra charge amounts to just a few pounds but the average figure in County Durham and Cleveland is £20 . |
| 27 | I got through quite a few bits and pieces that was |
| 28 | Jack the tiny Shetland pony weighs in at only a few stones and is just over two-feet tall . |
| 29 | Changes in company policy , new products and services , financial results , staff appointments , sponsorship news , factory openings — in fact almost any " happening " or change within your company or organisation will probably merit a release to at least a few papers or radio stations . |
| 30 | As he 'd hobbled back through the sleet a tiny part of him had hoped her gratitude would include an embrace , or at least a few words that would let him know she felt something for him . |