Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [art] few [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Can you excuse me for a few minutes while I have a word with the others and then I 'll be straight back to you ? ’
2 Yeah , even on the phone our Rob rings up and er , he 'll speak to me for a few minutes and he speaks
3 The Brigadier glared at me for a few seconds and replied rather quietly .
4 There had been a stray mongrel whom they had named Herbert , with a large uncoordinated body and look of lugubrious disapproval who had attached himself to them for a few weeks and whose voracious appetite for dog-meat and biscuits had had a ruinous effect on the housekeeping .
5 A solution is to make the following adjustments and stick to them for a few days while the body clock follows the lead given by your altered life-style .
6 Do a few products and then , leave them for a few days and go back and integrate them .
7 He read to himself for a few minutes while William perused the review section , but his agitation could not long be contained in silence .
8 I am convinced that if the hon. Gentleman were ever in a position of responsibility in the House — the likelihood of which is becoming increasingly remote — he would also find himself advised that it would be foolish to put before the House proposals which in a few weeks or months might fall outside the law .
9 ‘ Did you think that I would make love to you for a few days and then let you walk out of my life without trying to get in touch ? ’
10 Could I stay with you for a few days and learn how you manage without magic ? "
11 But I am going to having said that I will tell you of the few accidents that have occurred over the years , and one of them was mine in the early days when I was learning th the full size removal job .
12 We had tourist visitors of every age and family , and some quaint scenes were witnessed on the upgoing — many of the native children ( and one who in a few years after might be called an old man ) found it a profitable , and I doubt not , too , a pleasurable work , leading the tourists to the top .
13 She 'll bring it to you in a few minutes and it 'll help you keep your strength . ’
14 Azmaveth considered something for a few moments and then nodded to herself , as if she 'd made a decision .
15 ‘ He took me to a few parties but I was uneasy about him .
16 Then I met up with Alan and , and he read though it and challenged me on a few things and we changed one or two bits , but I 've got my sort of target set out .
17 The woman stared at him for a few moments as she mulled over his offer .
18 The regime thus charged him with damage of government property and jailed him for a few months until he was released under a general amnesty .
19 The children skipped along with him for a few yards and he saw how beguiling their faces were , the large dark eyes , the straggle of thick black hair , the earnest looks of desperate innocence .
20 The thing is you 've got to it 's it 's like Nigel , I mean , he works for my uncle erm and he had the other guy Mark working for him for a few years and then he employed Nigel , but Mark was n't a fully qualified plumber and Nigel was and he 's ooh I do n't know about I think he 's about nineteen or no he 's about twenty three I think , yeah
21 As I stood watching him for a few seconds and looking at the damage to his farm buildings and the dead and wounded cattle around the orchard , I thought to myself .
22 I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’
23 They let me hold her for a few minutes and then they took her away upstairs to Special Care .
24 In fact , she did not realise she was to have the honour conferred on her for a few days after the letter arrived .
25 In the end , the big woman with the cherries in her hat had dragged the now screaming child from his mother 's arms , pulling poor Edith along with her for a few steps until she had dropped sobbing on to the linoleum .
26 And when she jumped up again , the chair sort of stuck to the seat of those awful green breeches she wears and came up with her for a few seconds until the thick syrup slowly came unstuck .
27 She felt a flood of heat as he stared down at her , felt the deepening intensity of his gaze on her in the few seconds before his mouth descended slowly to take possession of her lips .
28 He was perfectly amiable to her on the few occasions when they did meet ; sometimes she even felt that he liked her .
29 Kypov shouted at him across the few metres that separated them , and the breath spouted white from the Major 's mouth .
30 Did Changez have any idea of the reluctance with which his bride-to-be , now moving across to her bookshelf , picking up a book by Kate Millett , staring into it for a few minutes and replacing it after a reproachful and pitying glance from her mother , would be exchanging vows with him ?
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