Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 So after a week he takes away the bandage , removes the bit of radium , sure enough there 's a bright red radiation burn on his forearm but apart from that he feels fine , he does n't feel ill , he obviously has n't died , er so he said well I 'll leave that for a few weeks and monitor my , my health and see if there 's any long term affects from this exposure to , to radiation .
2 He seemed to consider that for a few seconds and then replied , ‘ Maria Luisa needed me around . ’
3 Nigel considered this for a few moments and then he said , ‘ Tell you what .
4 He held her like this for a few seconds and then , suddenly , the oddly predatory look left his face and his hands dropped to his sides .
5 Could you leave this for a few days until I 'm fresher ? ’
6 The Dolphin , the Bermuda Suite , Club 93 , the Bingo hall , a large swimming pool , a Sports hall , Amusements , these are just some of the few things that are situated at Highfield Holiday Park , Clacton , where my family and I have been going on Holiday for 10 years .
7 Um and erm that might be that 's one of th some of the few things that the library 's got but erm er anyway .
8 Some of the few studies that have taken account of gender suggest that Afro-Caribbean girls are achieving higher levels than boys at school level , partly because they are pursuing different strategies , which are necessary in order to survive in the context of high unemployment and low wages for black male workers ( Fuller , 1983 ; see also Riley , 1986 ; Driver , 1977 ) .
9 However , as you know , you must be very , very careful with the few years that remain to you . ’
10 When I inquired after the baptism he said he had been mistaken , it had been yesterday , but that there would be another in a few days and , anyway , who needed a baptism to enjoy themselves ?
11 If the user only wishes to produce text on the system and is prepared to restrict this to a few styles and sizes then such a device is perfectly adequate .
12 ( 1 would suggest that you do this over a few days as the list may well vary according to the mood you are in . )
13 Quite apart from the blunder there was one moment near the end of the game when he was walking around on the stage of Sadler 's Wells , unaware for a few minutes that it was his move .
14 Most continue ripening in store until ready for the table , but a few varieties must be brought into the warm for a few days before they are ready to eat .
15 They were usually listless for a few days before they collapsed , breathing with evident difficulty and , in a few cases , discharging a white frothy liquid from their nostrils .
16 Rather than chase somebody and take away what little respect they have , it 's far better that they go out and maybe get lost for a few minutes and then come back , than have somebody chase them .
17 Just take it easy for a few minutes and save your strength for when the police arrive .
18 The horizon was a dark terracotta colour , the top of the dying sun just visible for a few seconds before it dropped out of sight and the sky doused the remaining light like a heavy black blanket .
19 Although change in weight is very noticeable after a few months or a year , it simply is not detectable by just looking at physical shape on a daily basis .
20 The glaze will stay shiny for a few days but after a week will begin to lose its gloss , so do n't decorate the cake too early .
21 I was diplomatically ill for a few days and then I returned to my normal work .
22 I 'm going on a fast for a few days because everything you eat 's bad for you . ’
23 United played some classy football against Millwall in the first half … they looked good for a few goals but ended with nothing …
24 She had never mentioned that she possessed musical ability , so the crew listened spellbound for a few minutes as she played the carol ‘ Silent Night , Holy Night ’ , as though she had been rehearsing for a month .
25 It is very useful for a few enquiries but can not handle a large number , as a series of storage device movements is involved in each search .
26 Well , keep awake for the few minutes and you might derive a little comfort from knowing what scientists can and ( more important ) can not do .
27 ‘ We 'll know the number for sure in a few months as we get closer to completion ’ , he says .
28 If you had SUPERFILE you could not only produce MailSorted address labels for all those people , but you could do much subtler selections as well — all in a few minutes and at the press of a few keys .
29 After multiple cycles of amplification contaminating RNA species are no longer a problem and there is plenty of material to clone , sequence , or otherwise analyse , all within a few hours and with minimal manual intervention .
30 Beta releases of AIX and OS/2 Mach microkernels are due in a few months and in the second half of the year respectively .
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