Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv] [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you find your throat is dry and you need some water just take a few sips to moisten your mouth . |
| 2 | that 's it for fans : Norway national team still includes a few guys playing their futba at home . |
| 3 | In 1984 , when his successful playing career still had a few years to run , and his gambler 's mantle had been taken by the rugged striker Alan Brazil , Macari moved into management with Swindon Town . |
| 4 | A Siddiqi speech usually includes a few references to the ‘ corrupt bogheap of western culture ’ . |
| 5 | which would give him a good break really to get a few things done . |
| 6 | The good coach always takes a few unissued licences along on the day for those who have forgotten theirs . |
| 7 | Equilibration in each mixture usually takes a few hours . |
| 8 | Typically , the net contains many nodes , but each node only has a few inputs : N is quite small . |
| 9 | Unlike many other contracts , the courts have not exercised a strong influence over the framework of this relationship and the common law only imposes a few terms upon leasehold parties . |
| 10 | The pelagic zone also includes a few creatures that are land-based , but none the less make a significant contribution to the marine ecology : birds such as the puffins , gannets , boobies , auks , terns and penguins ; the pinniped carnivores — seals , sea-lions , fur seals , and walruses ; other carnivores — the sea-otter and the polar bear ; reptiles such as some marine crocodiles and the marine , herbivorous iguana of the Galapagos Islands . |
| 11 | In Lobophytum species , the process is not particularly dramatic ; the polyps withdraw , the body of the animal will deflate , looking as though it has collapsed , and then when it takes in fresh water to stiffen up again , a thin , transparent layer of mucus can be seen detaching itself from the surface of the coral , to be swept away by water currents , the whole process usually taking a few hours . |
| 12 | The whole process only takes a few minutes , although to the distraught owners it can seem like hours . |