Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] a [det] [noun pl] [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 | 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 . |
| 12 | She 'll bring it to you in a few minutes and it 'll help you keep your strength . ’ |
| 13 | Azmaveth considered something for a few moments and then nodded to herself , as if she 'd made a decision . |
| 14 | ‘ He took me to a few parties but I was uneasy about him . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The woman stared at him for a few moments as she mulled over his offer . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 22 | They let me hold her for a few minutes and then they took her away upstairs to Special Care . |
| 23 | In fact , she did not realise she was to have the honour conferred on her for a few days after the letter arrived . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 ? |
| 27 | Halt it for a few minutes and it would die altogether . |
| 28 | So have a look through your book have a very quick glance at erm if you can just at an acid alkali one , at one side of an equation co try not to read it cover it up write it down and leave it for a few minutes till you 've forgotten if you did accidentally see what was on the other side till you 've forgotten it . |
| 29 | In that case the Lapp had said he would do it for a few drinks if we had any with us . |
| 30 | I enjoyed it for a few weeks but then went to Stanley . ’ |