Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least the manager did n't pounce on me just because I shut my eyes for a few moments . ’ |
| 2 | I picked up the file and stood with it in my hands for a few minutes before deciding whether to examine its contents . |
| 3 | My Lords in a few minutes the House will have to vote on this issue . |
| 4 | They talked about their plans for a few minutes . |
| 5 | He echoed her words of a few moments before , and the jarring note of triumph in his voice rang a warning bell somewhere in Shannon 's mind . |
| 6 | The theory of the second-best says that it is allocatively more efficient to spread inevitable distortions thinly over many markets than to concentrate their effects in a few markets . |
| 7 | If employees leave their organisations within a few months of relocation , the heavy financial investment in them will be wasted . |
| 8 | Betty and George found their support in the local day centre , Jill from a relative 's support group and Gladys through a care attendant scheme that relieved her responsibilities for a few hours each day . |
| 9 | Firms can choose to concentrate their resources in a few countries and emphasise exports to other markets , or they can disperse their resources and emphasise FDI . |
| 10 | Ranteallo explained that a stone had been raised at the death of every Toraja king , and indeed queen — though no one remembered their names beyond a few generations . |
| 11 | A soaking bumblebee crawled over a thistle-bloom , vibrated its wings for a few seconds and then flew away down the field . |
| 12 | Also in the house were two children , no doubt lucky to be alive , as Mrs Dyer usually despatched her charges within a few hours of receiving them . |
| 13 | But they admit that these babies had not achieved complete and independent toileting as they could only hold on to their eliminations for a few minutes and needed help to undress and get on the potty . |
| 14 | Moreover , the committee , to be commended for having conducted its extensive researches and drawn its conclusions within a few months , has the advantage of immediacy over the Clark and Palmer committees , which sat over so long a period , in a rapidly changing environment , that eventually no one who was still able to recall the original brief was sure whether it was still relevant to the prevailing situation . |
| 15 | Peter Hall and Trevor Nunn made their reputations within a few years of leaving Cambridge . |
| 16 | His words of a few days ago came unbidden into her mind . |
| 17 | For suppose that he , tired as he must be , closes his eyes for a few moments . |
| 18 | The vicar says he 'll can live of his savings for a few weeks , but if there 's still no escape from the dole he 'll have to return to Greece . |
| 19 | He patted his pockets for a few moments . |
| 20 | This is Rupert , a 5 month old Barn Owl who was deserted by his parents at a few days old , but found in time to be saved and hand reared . |
| 21 | Everything he owned just to have it in his hands for a few hours . |
| 22 | If she missed his letters for a few days , she would probably stop taking him for granted . |
| 23 | After listening to it on his headphones for a few minutes , Syrian George stopped the tape , looked Mikalis up and down and turned to Coleman . |
| 24 | " If we do n't start drying the hides now , dampness and the heat will destroy all our efforts within a few hours . " |
| 25 | Hard boil your eggs with a few drops of pink dye or coffee grains to make them skin-coloured . |
| 26 | Your answers to a few questions — in exchange for my silence . ’ |
| 27 | These acceptable risks are commensurate with our lifetimes of a few decades . |
| 28 | What you need is a break or a holiday so count your pennies and weigh up your chances of a few days in the sun or short spell staying with friends . |