Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] few [noun] [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 | FOOTSTEPS IN THE SAME ROOM , THEN THE RADIO IS TURNED UP VERY LOUD FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN RIGHT DOWN |
15 | 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 . |
16 | Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’ |
17 | 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 . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | They took the net down after a few weeks but kept it handy , you know . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | ‘ 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 . |
23 | 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 . ’ |
24 | 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 . |
25 | A storm arrives from the west , the snow falling so thickly in a few minutes that I fear I will lose my way . |
26 | and can be preceded by ( e.g. ‘ squelch ’ , ‘ bulge ’ ) ; is never preceded by , and is preceded by only in a few words and names , e.g. ‘ Welsh ’ , ‘ Walsh ’ , . |
27 | Of 149 respondents , 18 subjects agreed firmly with the statement that " Dreams occur only in the few moments before you wake up " , and a further 23 thought this was perhaps true . |
28 | In the Hull survey one of the statements to which respondents were invited to agree was " Dreams occur only in the few moments before you wake up " ; 18 endorsed this statement , and 23 thought it was maybe true , out of 149 . |
29 | In most of these universes the conditions would not be right for the development of complicated organisms ; only in the few universes that are like ours would intelligent beings develop and ask the question : " why is the universe the way we see it ? " |
30 | Having entered the soft systems world as an untrained novice some years ago , and endeavoured to apply the theories to problem situations within my normal sphere of activity , aided only by the few textbooks that were then on the market and occasional contact with other exponents of the approach , I am keenly aware of the difficulties that some practitioners may have , not only with understanding the principles but also with putting them into practice . |