Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a few [noun] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people do n't mind answering machines , I must say , I 'm beginning to get used to them now , I think the problem is that it sort of wrong-foots you , so you get an answering machine , and think ‘ Oh my God ’ , and you know that in about a few seconds time , when you hear that bleep , you 've got to give a concise message which will be intelligible to the person when they replay it , so instead of coming out with sort of babble , you 're forced into thinking what the essence of the message is that you want to leave . |
| 2 | I did this but it 's not for a few weeks time for my presentation on Freud , or |
| 3 | well we ca n't go into the reasons for that but I said let's respect the reasons I said if that 's how you feel I said , you 're a man you you must make your own decisions I said probably in a few months time you 'll come |
| 4 | Did one yesterday for a man who was due to be executed today , erm , I do n't know whether he was or not , but he probably in a few days time . |
| 5 | He 'll be out in a few years time . |
| 6 | So all them hassles what you 're gon na get in the future when they they 're gon na fall out in a few years time . |
| 7 | wait a bit , and they said so , they looked at it and said we 'd have to take it back in a few days time for them to do , they could n't do it there and then . |
| 8 | In the long run I think it will be a loss to the Government , for the very simple reason we have got to meet this competition and if we do n't in a few years time the housewife possibly will be paying a lot more money for the produce . |
| 9 | She said : ‘ We talked about marriage and Kirk said he did n't want to get married , maybe in a few years time . |