Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun pl] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is no improvement after a few days then it is either not the appropriate remedy or there are some environmental maintaining causes blocking the remedy action §252 . |
| 2 | Part of him wants to get back to the security of home but he knows that after a few weeks there he might long for the contacts , communication and craziness of the multi-media scheme . |
| 3 | But for a few hours today there was hope . |
| 4 | On the surface of his mind lies the contrast between a trivial though tormenting fear and a monstrous scheme ; and beneath that contrast appears a positive contradiction : for a few sentences earlier we have been told ‘ He was not really afraid of any landlady ’ . |
| 5 | For a few moments more she struggled , but he felt her resistance weakening . |
| 6 | He lay prone on top of her for a few moments then he rolled to one side , panting loudly , his breath slowly returning to normal . |
| 7 | He drummed with his fingers on the table for a few moments then he said , ‘ So the field is still open , is it ? ’ |
| 8 | Then his friend Dave shouted " Look ! " and when he turned , for a few moments only he glimpsed the Corinth canal ; a sudden gulf sliced in the landscape , blue space sparkling , a ship in the deep distance ; fathomless light and air . |
| 9 | For a few miles initially their anticipation of a beautiful journey is confirmed by lovely surroundings of pastures and woodland as the train passes up the valley of the Ribble with the river in close attendance and friendly green hills rising on both sides of the track . |
| 10 | Even if it 's only for a few days both you and your baby will benefit . |
| 11 | If your parent is allowed home from hospital ( or other National Health Service accommodation ) for a few days occasionally you should notify the Department of Health and Social Security , as she may be entitled to her pension , benefits or allowances at the full rate for that period . |
| 12 | ‘ Because for a few days now it will be very dangerous in the forest . ’ |
| 13 | Going it alone in difficult times is not to be recommended , but if you wish to try it for a few weeks then there is no harm done , simply time lost if you are unsuccessful . |
| 14 | It is a long way , yeah , yeah , but still , I mean if you do n't have a win for a few weeks then you have a hundred pound it 's ha |
| 15 | I honestly do n't know , when I spoke to her this morning she said she has n't erm for a , for a few weeks now she has n't placed anybody |
| 16 | Having used the preamp for a few weeks now I have got bored with the presets and want to start using it to create some more familiar sounds . |
| 17 | For a few yards now she had been aware of a car cruising behind her . |
| 18 | As short a time as a few weeks previously she had been , when not bored , repelled by his music . |
| 19 | Payments terminated on 31 May 1753 , but evidently no ill feeling marred the end of Miller 's contract as a few years later he dedicated to the Duke the beautiful Figures of Plants ( 2 vols. ) which had been published in parts from 1755–60 . |
| 20 | Until a few years ago it was possible to stand on the incline , particularly in summer , without becoming the least aware that here once stood one of the most complex and sophisticated pieces of apparatus ever constructed on English canals , and the idea of two narrow boats going up while another pair came down would have been quite beyond belief . |
| 21 | Until a few years ago it had been clear that the courts would be prepared in such situations to exhibit a marked degree of ‘ tenderness ’ towards wives in such cases , greater tenderness in fact than would be applied to any other third party surety . |
| 22 | ‘ But until a few years ago you were chairman , Mr Glastonbury . ’ |
| 23 | Until a few days ago she had n't even seen a submarine . |
| 24 | Mrs Caroline Ford , who has lived in Colston Avenue , Carshalton , one street away from the main line for 15 years , said : ‘ Until a few weeks ago we were shielded from the line by a long row of beautiful trees . |
| 25 | Until a few weeks ago you were jumping with passion . |
| 26 | Until a few weeks ago she had been scarcely aware of him except as a friendly and familiar face in class ; but now , now she was very much aware of him — and he was very definitely aware of her ; much to Erika 's embarrassment sitting with her and Rosa at lunch , at the next desk in class , asking her out to the cinema and even , to Erika 's amazement and , she suspected , his own , offering to help Paul with his homework — in the Nordern home , that is — an offer declined both by Erika and Paul , although Paul did corner Fritz in school and suggest to him that if he actually did the homework then he , Paul , would further his , Fritz 's , courtship of Erika ; Paul being shrewd enough to guess the motive behind Fritz 's philanthropic gesture even though the square on the hypotenuse might remain a mystery to him . |
| 27 | In general elections we , we do n't normally know for sure until a few weeks beforehand what the date of the election is going to be . |
| 28 | For example , one director commented that when he saw a topic referred to a few times then it would ‘ click ’ in his mind , and he would then consider if it could have some significance to his company . |