Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had enough tins in the larder to see them through a few days at least . |
| 2 | he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof . |
| 3 | ‘ Could n't you stay with me for a few days in case those men come back . ’ |
| 4 | If the wife is unable to take a nap in the afternoon when the children are napping , then possibly there is someone who could look after them for a few hours at least one day a week for her to regain her strength . |
| 5 | To wash our dishes , for instance , requires placing them for a few hours in a rattan basket in the swift-flowing stream deflected through the kitchen to the left of our house . |
| 6 | He was less prominent in the action than William Craig and he felt sufficiently distanced from it to be able to absent himself for a few days in the first week of the strike when he went to Canada to attend a funeral . |
| 7 | He satisfied himself with a few words of hurried consultation during a House of Commons debate . |
| 8 | Sarah favours Kylie at the moment , while Tom is keen on Michelangelo , which in a few years from now will probably mean a painter again rather than a Ninja Turtle . |
| 9 | It 's quite a while now since I 've bored you with a few observations about our friends the dumb animals who share their lives with us on the planet and the more you observe them the more convinced you become that they 're anything but dumb . |
| 10 | So with summer holiday time coming up we thought we 'd help the late planners among you with a few ideas on great areas to go walking . |
| 11 | In November 1558 , she was succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth , who within a few months of coming to the throne had authorized a new religious settlement which once again left the country officially Protestant . |
| 12 | Envy of the children — or over-concentration upon them by the other partner -will show itself in a dozen ways in attitudes and actions . |
| 13 | I quickly found one who agreed to supply me with a dozen apples for threepence as long as I could guarantee the same order every day for the next month . |
| 14 | You ca n't buy me with a few armfuls of flowers . ’ |
| 15 | I continued donating until late 1987 when the pressures of my early twenties swept me into a few years of self neglect by alcohol and all those unhealthy things that young people do . |
| 16 | Erm that might , might interest you to know that during the past ten years I have personally entertained something like a hundred visitors from the States who are with their families er , of course , er returned here for a look , look round . |
| 17 | If we embrace in our calculation those civilizations that had radio technology 1,000 years ago , there will be something like a million stars within radio range ( together with however many planets circle round each one of them ! . |
| 18 | The rate of propagation varies from one to a hundred metres per second , depending on the diameter of the axon . |
| 19 | Because people had seen the recorder being switched off , they ignored the microphones , leaving them within a few inches of their mouths , thus enabling us to record conversation of superb acoustic quality . |
| 20 | Come back to me in a few weeks with another research proposal . |
| 21 | I believe that the lessons learnt from my first five years of trial and error could have been imparted to me in a few days by any half-decent panner . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In real-time only seconds had passed , not much more time than it would have taken to see if he was in and ask him for a few minutes of his time . |
| 24 | Dora glared after him for a few seconds before turning away and striding across the garden towards the orchard . |
| 25 | She did n't see him for a few days after that , and had time to wonder why she had made it all up . |
| 26 | Elaine watched her for a few minutes before paddling further into the shore , lying on the soft , creamy sand , letting the shallow water caress her feet and legs . |
| 27 | Anne watched her for a few moments in stunned silence , trying to decide if she meant what she had said . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | After staring at her for a few seconds in silence , he finally nodded and went out , leaving her to dress . |
| 30 | Susan caught up with her after a few words with Mr Darling . |