Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun pl] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But since he can think only of a few things at a time , the routine function of his noble gift of reason must be to correct spontaneous reactions and keep them running in an intelligent direction . |
| 2 | He 'll cry long and hard , and though you can soothe him for a few minutes at a time , hours can pass without you ever really silencing the cries . |
| 3 | So in his late anthology , Confucius to Cummings ( New York , 1964 , with Marcella Spann ) , he explicitly preferred George Chapman 's Homer to pope 's , even though he had admitted that Chapman is unreadable , except for a few pages at a time . |
| 4 | Take this tiny sample : Leopold Bloom , the Dublin Jew , with his touching mixture of timorousness and courage , has looked in for a few moments at a church as a Mass is ending . |
| 5 | ‘ This young lad was getting people to mind Sam for a few days at a time . |
| 6 | Initially for a few days at a time , then for weeks , and eventually whole months . |
| 7 | The wind group , as we have said , less frequently stands alone , and then only for a few bars at a time . |
| 8 | For a few weeks at a time , staff and Library visitors will be able to see a succession of paintings from this talented group . |
| 9 | They 'll work in France for a few weeks at a time staying in hotels . |
| 10 | For a while Elaine was cared for by young volunteers who used to come and stay with her for a few months at a time . |
| 11 | Central Office tried to keep the local parties alive , for the party truce was only renewed for a few months at a time and parliament was prolonged beyond its five-year term only for a few months at a time too . |
| 12 | Central Office tried to keep the local parties alive , for the party truce was only renewed for a few months at a time and parliament was prolonged beyond its five-year term only for a few months at a time too . |
| 13 | After completing his studies at Glasgow University , Gavin worked for a few months at a salmon farm near Ft William , checking for virus infection . |
| 14 | Doubtless many iron workers put in a few days at a time on different sites ; until quite recently putting out much of the work to contract in small stints on a ‘ labour-only ’ basis was a regular practice in mineral extraction , so leading tax collectors to class earnings as profits rather than wages . |