Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [prep] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Most of the detailed factual material learned in the sixth form is forgotten or superseded within a few years . |
2 | All anencephalus children are either miscarried , die stillborn , or die within a few weeks of life . |
3 | After his death many were given away or sold for a few pounds , and he was largely ignored as a painter until in 1987 six examples of his work were loaned to an exhibition entitled ‘ A Paradise Lost ’ at the Barbican Art Gallery , devoted to the neo-Romantic movement . |
4 | This is total rubbish , as if the body is to be buried or cremated within a few days after death , no such risk exists . |
5 | Add the margarine or butter and rub in with your hands or blend for a few seconds . |
6 | On at least a morning a week at ‘ family specialist ’ hotels , children are collected , given breakfast and taken on a trip or entertained for a few hours so their parents can enjoy a morning on their own . |
7 | In the British test-tube baby programme , viable embryos are either implanted or destroyed after a few days . |
8 | Smith , the car 's owner , told magistrates at Eastbourne : ‘ It was just one of those things that happens after a few bevvies . ’ |
9 | Rather than focusing on a few substances which are painted in lurid colours , the specialists say , the goal should be a workplace free of compulsive chemical use of all kinds . |
10 | Just voices echoing in the dark ; images that burn for a few centuries and then fade ; stories , old stories that sometimes seem to overlap ; strange links , impertinent connections . |
11 | It was Desmond who put me on the game — that lasted for a few months , then I got fed up with it . |
12 | When Crawford left for London , there was another five weeks ' filming still to do , and that overran by a few days . |
13 | The beginnings were slow and limited to a few sectors where differences in labour costs were important . |
14 | Dragging with them seventeen unwieldy brass cannon from Edinburgh castle , they took Norham castle on the south bank of the Tweed , and pressed on a few miles to Flodden in Northumberland . |
15 | 2 Add the mushrooms and spring onions , then stir in the tomato purée and soured cream and simmer for a few minutes . |
16 | Bring to the boil and simmer for a few min . |
17 | Inspired by the arrival of The Beatles to play the guitar , he bought a cheap Harmony electric and a Kalamazoo amp and dabbled for a few years before joining a high school covers band , playing soul , rock and a good deal of Hendrix . |
18 | Add peppers and tomatoes and cook for a few minutes , then add the remainder of the vegetables , the marjoram and wine and simmer gently for 30 minutes . |
19 | Melt the butter , add the flour and cook for a few seconds , then gradually add the milk , straining it into the roux mixture . |
20 | Heat the oil in a large frying pan , add the garlic and cook for a few seconds . |
21 | Add the flour and cook for a few seconds , then remove the pan from the heat and add the soured cream and the egg yolks . |
22 | To return to the offending nettle ( Urtica dioica ) or , it too had its uses : Martin Martin noted that in Skye ‘ the tops of nettles , chopped small , and mixed with a few whites or raw eggs , applied to the forehead and temples by way of a frontel , is used to procure sleep ’ . |
23 | resolve and spirit after a few days without a bath , a week without a change of clothes . |
24 | At home the sudden switch from inflation and boom to stagnation and slump in a few months made changes in policy inevitable . |
25 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
26 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
27 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
28 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
29 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
30 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |