Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun pl] [pers pn] will " in BNC.

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1 After a few attempts it will drive as normal .
2 Take particular note of every spot you see a bream roll , and after a few visits you will be able to form an accurate picture of where , how long , and what pattern the route forms .
3 After a few minutes it will slowly and cautiously uncurl itself again .
4 After a few drinks he will reluctantly sell it to you as he 's a bit short of cash and you 're so obviously interested …
5 After a few sessions you will know which weights to use , but you should make sure that the routine is kept up to date .
6 After a few months you will know whether it really is the right job for you , ’ he said .
7 After a few months you will know whether it really is the right job for you . ’
8 This raises public awareness and the press is always interested in hard statistics ; so if you can say several hundred people signed the petition in an afternoon or over the course of a few days it will undoubtedly earn you publicity .
9 Over the course of a few weeks they will probably spend several hours in the bureau familiarising themselves with bureau practice before their formal selection interview .
10 Within a few moments you will start to lose your balance .
11 Put a piece of raw meat into a stream and within a few hours it will be covered with small , flat , black worms feeding on it .
12 Within a few years we will see the majority of UK companies having smoking policies . ’
13 Within a few days you will have identified the relevant muscles needed to stop the flow .
14 A government clearly that is split both politically and is totally incompetent the government 's majority is now down to eighteen and all the predictions are that within a few weeks it will be down to seventeen .
15 From the moment that you arrive at college you will be involved in what is popularly known as " taking notes " and as likely as not within a few weeks you will be the possessor of tattered notebooks filled with illegible hieroglyphics or , worse still , of masses of mixed-up bits of paper .
16 The feeling of foreboding builds as soon as she wakes and remembers that in a few hours she will be jetting off to yet another exotic location .
17 The happy landowner can then stand at the window smoking a pipe and wave cheerily at the unwelcome hill-walkers , secure in the knowledge that in a few minutes they will be heading back to the car , steam gently rising from them as they blink in distress from behind grisly face-masks of dung .
18 ‘ If someone does n't help you in a few minutes you will die . ’
19 In a few days he will catch a boat for South America .
20 In a few days you will hear that Stalingrad is completely in German hands . ’
21 In a few days I will send for you again .
22 But in a few days she will leave England and follow me to Argentina .
23 Emma is always asking when we will go back , and our only worry now is that in a few years she will probably be waking us up at dawn on icy mornings , saying : ‘ Shall we go down the black run first ? ’
24 Talks on privatising Deutsche Bundespost Telekom have entered a critical phase , with a key decision due next month , Germany 's postal and telecommunications minister Wolfgang Bosch told Reuter at Hannover on Friday : ‘ In a few weeks we will know whether or not there will be a change to the constitution , ’ he said , noting that decision will not only affect privatisation of Telekom but also Bonn 's position at the upcoming talks with the European Commission — an agreement on privatisation would pave the way for Bonn to approve the Community plan to open domestic and international telephone calls to competition ; the current strategy to get agreement from Germany 's opposition socialists is to win over the postal union , which so far rejects turning Telekom into a joint stock company for fear of massive job losses .
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