Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun pl] [coord] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | If there is no luck after a few days or the child is showing antagonism to the potty then the parent should leave the training for a few more weeks . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | After a few pleasantries and the shaking of many hands , I accompanied the column for a short distance along the road . |
4 | Out there , away from the Inspirals ' tour bubble , is a land of a thousand lakes and a million fir trees , where the people drive with the headlights on in full daylight , past ‘ Moose Crossing ’ warning signs , to restaurants where you can tuck into sautéed reindeer . |
5 | All the time we were assailed by the noise of a hundred bells and the screams of hawkers and traders who sold everything from a piece of iron to hot chestnuts . |
6 | No mean bat , he also scored just over 17,000 runs for the county , and did the double of a hundred wickets and a thousand runs seven times ( nine times counting all cricket ) . |
7 | There was a farm and plantation of a hundred acres and a hospital with fifty beds for in-patients , plus outpatient facilities . |
8 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |
9 | There was also the occasional case of petty theft , street fighting or traffic offences which often ended up with a plea of Guilty and a fine of a few dollars or a short period in goal . |
10 | The writer only has memories of a few freights and the diesel hauled York-Bournemouth in 1964 . |
11 | The plan showed the outlines of a dozen houses and a service road superimposed on a large-scale map . |
12 | And er I was dragging behind a few paces and the headmaster was watching out of his study window you see ? |
13 | This fairy castle in the clouds has been asleep for a hundred years and the briars are beginning to take over . |
14 | Well , for a hundred miles or an hour , but you did a tenth of a mile in a , a thousandth of an hour . |
15 | Pat sat smoking in silence for a few minutes and no one else spoke but suddenly he said , ‘ How much of it was real , Julia , when you come to think of it , and how much for fear of what people would say ? |
16 | The light changed for a few minutes and a watery sun hit the flanks of Lovely Seat . |
17 | ‘ We pick them up , ’ the Skull was saying , ‘ they 're guys with no links , like on the pier or down in the meat streets , they 're always suckers for a few lines and a limousine . |
18 | Some of these sporting ‘ characters ’ play golf and appear with comedians such as Jimmy Tarbuck and Bruce Forsyth or actor Sean Connery for a few holes and a bit of friendly banter . |
19 | I had lived in a motor car for a few years and the rediscovery of my legs was painful . |
20 | Patients have a sore throat for a few days but no other side effects . |
21 | In some homes it is possible to stay for a few days or a week at a time either occasionally or on a regular basis . |
22 | He had n't shaved for a few days and a sickly smell clung to his clothes and hair . |
23 | After fertilization has taken place , the zygote is cultured in the laboratory for a few days and the proembryo is then placed in the woman 's uterus . |
24 | Since the female is only on heat for a few days and the males are often widely scattered , these scents are vital for bringing the sexes together at the right time . |
25 | Some think that he will go abroad for a few days and the CIA will then engineer his return in a countercoup , just as it did in 1953 . |
26 | At present , however , there is a student gap , which may last for a few weeks or a few months , separating the exemptions from the day on which a person enrols on a full-time course of education . |
27 | The acute depression lasted for a few months but the wounds healed enough for Gedge to build up a friendship with Duane , whose latent qualities he later recognised . |
28 | Before the 1965 Immigration Act , Mirpuri and Bengali families would send their sons to England for a few months or a few years at a time . |
29 | It involved about a dozen groups and a network of experts throughout Europe and is the largest future study of biotechnology that I am aware of . |
30 | He struggled through a few games but a swollen knee indicated his problems were not over . |