Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 She struggled furiously for a few seconds but her former strength was lost to her .
2 We should be all right for a few moments as it is deeper water ; we can then make for the beach , hopefully avoiding the big dumping surf . ’
3 The Captain and his wife proved so hospitable that Ricky stayed on for a few days after Minton left to stay with Paul ( ‘ Odo ’ ) Cross and Angus Wilson at their home Rio Chico at Ocho Rios .
4 The travellers say they wo n't be moving on for a few days and tonight , the festival still appears to be in full swing.Local people are angry after finding drug-taking equipment dumped in gardens , and sheep savaged to death at a local farm .
5 The Threarah waited politely for a few moments and then he said , " Well , now , and what ought we to do about it , I wonder ?
6 It 's only for a few minutes till I buy these and then you can have a turn at walking .
7 Gannets and fulmars appeared out of the mist , flew alongside for a few minutes and disappeared again .
8 Brush more gently for a few days until the gums become healthy again .
9 Sometimes Sheila got away from her family to come with her and she drove down for a few hours as well as now and again in the middle of the week .
10 Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’
11 The track , after leaving the ridge , went steeply down for a few yards and then turned to the right and ran diagonally across the hill for a hundred yards ; the pile of rocks was about midway on the right-hand side of this length of the track .
12 She may , for example , lay it down for a few seconds while she opens the entrance to her hole .
13 I ask him to come down for a few days and I also invite Lady De Marr .
14 They demanded bracket construction for the overhead wires , but this was turned down for the same reasons as those in Mitcham .
15 FOOTSTEPS IN THE SAME ROOM , THEN THE RADIO IS TURNED UP VERY LOUD FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN RIGHT DOWN
16 However , the whole matter was another aspect of one of the storms in a set of teacups that accompanied the whole unhappy Profumo matter and has continued to do so for the many years since it was first raised .
17 And the animals were certainly in for a few surprises as our team of ten raced by wearing bright yellow ‘ Wimpey Worldwide ’ T-shirts and hard hats .
18 Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’
19 Andy had n't meant any more than his pressing need to stay in for a few weeks till he had made more headway with his revision .
20 They rolled around on the ground together for a few moments and then the boy 's mother came out and gave him Sergeant 's leash .
21 But if we wait patiently for a few picoseconds until the charges rearrange themselves there will be no further motion and the problem belongs to the realm of electrostatics .
22 They took the net down after a few weeks but kept it handy , you know .
23 What I certainly would n't see in Shetland were snow buntings carrying food in below the same boulders as the puffins , while their mates sang their lovely wild song from the top .
24 Fill in the form opposite with the same details as on the label .
25 And now , to cap it all , poor Byford had to be the first army victim of the latest IRA tactic — Flying Columns-compact bands armed only with a few rifles and automatic pistols , moving soundlessly at night along country lanes on foot or on bicycles , and waiting behind roadside hedges — waiting for hours , days if necessary — for a patrol to come along .
26 Remote or unusual keys are still featured only at extraordinary moments , but , apart from B minor , not necessarily with the same associations as before .
27 Ground beetles — normally fierce predators — often bed down with the same insects that they hunt in warmer seasons .
28 ‘ Like Dorigo and Stuart Pearce , I like to weigh in with a few goals and in pre-season I joked with the lads that I 'd get 15 this year .
29 Anyway , he turned up at my house sometime later and , sure enough , I had n't finished it — so we sat down and did it together , along with a few others while we were in the mood . ’
30 Though separated from his Guard , Napoleon apparently remained in company with Soult , Bertrand and Drouot who , together with a few officers and an escort , were seen at Quatre Bras at 1 a.m. on 19 June .
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