Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun pl] [conj] they " in BNC.

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1 After a few weeks though they went back to school and I started my course again .
2 Yeah , and they 're only out for a few minutes and they 're fed up out there as well , and backwards and forwards like a fiddlers elbow go on I want to put those lupins in
3 They took breath for a few moments before they emerged , after the third volley , to finish what they had begun , the Welsh swordsmen boiling out of the bushes joyously on their heels .
4 They fell silent for a few moments as they drank their tea .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 In the event of trouble , remove the villain , let the other fish settle for a few days and them put him back .
8 So this morning the fat little chap in the long white coat who was sorting us out in the Dean 's Office said I 'd better come along here for a few days until they got me organized with another partner .
9 The fighting continued for a few seconds before they realised that it was no longer dark .
10 For a few seconds as they descended , he had an unimpeded view through a gap in the trees of the west front of the chapel .
11 Do you have a rota system where if maybe six have got onto an appliance and there 's another fire comes up in a few hours that they can not turn ut again , or is it just a matter of whoever gets there first again ?
12 Every nation believes that its enemies were the aggressors , and may make war again in a few years unless they are utterly defeated .
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