Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , even on the phone our Rob rings up and er , he 'll speak to me for a few minutes and he speaks |
| 2 | The Brigadier glared at me for a few seconds and replied rather quietly . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Do a few products and then , leave them for a few days and go back and integrate them . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 6 | Could I stay with you for a few days and learn how you manage without magic ? " |
| 7 | She 'll bring it to you in a few minutes and it 'll help you keep your strength . ’ |
| 8 | Azmaveth considered something for a few moments and then nodded to herself , as if she 'd made a decision . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | They let me hold her for a few minutes and then they took her away upstairs to Special Care . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | Halt it for a few minutes and it would die altogether . |
| 16 | In this case , leave it for a few months and try going again later . |
| 17 | If , however , it 's absorbed by osmosis through the skin , it simply paralyses in a death-like state for anything between a few hours and a few days , depending on the dosage . |
| 18 | He did not say anything for a few moments and then he shrugged and gave a sharp laugh . |