Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I always wanted to work with a squad of young players and bring them on for a few seasons . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been thinking about Simon , ’ he said , as he began to eat , ‘ and I 'd be grateful if you could fill me in on a few things . ’ |
| 3 | She measures out her guarded replies to him in neat , carefully checked words , as once she had suggested , from the top of the steps outside their front door , that Millie might like to invite me in for a few minutes . |
| 4 | In fact he confirmed it so strongly that we had pulled ourselves together for a few days . |
| 5 | In April nineteen thirty-nine they went to the quay at Southampton to see them off on a three months ’ visit to the United States and Canada … ’ |
| 6 | and it 's just a take on , so I watched what I said , but erm , we mentioned it , we , we did n't see very much about it we just said it 's coming up we 'll have , we 'll let you in for a full details next month so |
| 7 | If we could talk to you inside for a few minutes you wo n't regret it . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It 'll switch itself off in a few seconds . ’ |
| 9 | Dogs can take you directly to a few kilos of heroin welded into the chassis , but they 're not too good at sniffing out a Renoir . |
| 10 | We 'd sure love to put you up for a few days . ’ |
| 11 | And then , all I 've done is worked out some time management and say well if these guys turn up at half past eight every morning and I give them a break at ten o'clock , and they get a lunch break and then in afternoon , another break , and they finish at half past four , if everything goes to plan , by four o'clock Friday , my van should be backing up at the end of the production line to load itself up with a thousand widgets . |
| 12 | It will no doubt sort itself out in a few days . ’ |
| 13 | Needless to say the Herald proved itself admirably with a few lessons learned for next time . |
| 14 | Likewise , sir ’ ( to the Manager ) ‘ I shall be grateful if you can help in one or two practical ways — I 'll tell you how in a few minutes . |
| 15 | I 'll catch up with you again in a few minutes . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll ask you again in a few days ’ time , ’ he said , ‘ and remember , it is n't me you 're refusing , but God ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Tell me how old the stones are , and I 'll ring you again in a few days . ’ |
| 18 | Incidentally , the last I heard , that weekly coach to the Upper Witham was still running — under the name of Heeley Angling Club and , even more surprising , I understand that ’ Jock ’ was still driving them up to a few years ago . |
| 19 | In the past a Welsh dealer had brought ponies and kept them on the moors at Hartshead to fatten them up for a few weeks prior to the fair , and Mr Rawson had often helped to drive them from there to Lee Gap . |
| 20 | ‘ A lot of the simpler souls ’ , said Quigley , ‘ probably think a great big snake is going to slither out at them and start gobbling them up in a few years . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I was hoping Kenny could put me up for a few days until I 'd sorted things out with my parents . |
| 22 | had this one on for a few days . |
| 23 | Some sites can go and order everything up to a thousand pounds . |
| 24 | ‘ I hope to meet with the CAA in the next 10 days and we might be able to tie everything up within a few weeks , ’ he said . |
| 25 | In The Observer , a normally wise and balanced political commentator outlined a vision of what the English countryside might become if abandoned to nature , which was like something out of a Dark Ages bestiary , a nightmarish waste of swamp and scrub , thick with rats , disease and the remains of derelict farm machinery . |
| 26 | ‘ Expect me back in a few minutes , ’ she heard him say distantly . |
| 27 | He sketched her deftly in a few minutes . |
| 28 | Probably because it was a way of roping him in for the future , Malcolm invited him down to a few rehearsals . |
| 29 | ‘ Cut it out , Maria , ’ he ordered her curtly after a few seconds in which he seemed to hold his breath . |
| 30 | If he insists on calling back , ask him to hold on , and then play a blaring radio down the receiver — that should put him off for a few days . |