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

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31 The sweater is very simple and yet with a little time spent you can produce a complex looking garment .
32 , I just want you to know that I shall never change , but I also want you to allow me to come home now and again for a few days .
33 Colleagues , on composite motion thirty two , Toxic Shock Syndrome , I notice a number of colleagues went to the , the meeting that was held in the Conference Hall at lunchtime , and certainly for a few minutes , I had the opportunity to listen to some of the discussions that took place .
34 However , the altitude range is only a few kilometres , and therefore with a few exceptions the major condensate on view may be ammonia in all regions .
35 A well aimed flower bomb soon put paid to the battling vegies , but only for a few seconds to give you time to pass , save the children and leave quickly .
36 A well aimed flower bomb soon put paid to the battling vegies , but only for a few seconds to give you time to pass , save the children and leave quickly .
37 I was initially concerned about weatherproofing , as tongue and groove timber has no overlap ( unlike shiplap or featheredge ) , and being secondhand had a good few nail holes , but apart from a few boards showing a bit of damp , it has proved satisfactory .
38 But apart from a few sparrows and a robin redbreast the branches were bare .
39 but if you if you if that 's all you do then in eve even a week 's time but definitely in a few months ' time it 's just gone .
40 Grainne blinked and shook her head , because just for a few seconds she had seen with dreadful clarity the Dark Ireland , the Evil Realm , the world of malevolence and malignancy .
41 And all thanks I got was to be sacked at end of summer — though only for a few months , that is , 'cos of the revolution .
42 The rules described for chariots apply to the Pump Wagon as well with a few exceptions which take into account its unusual construction and crew .
43 The analyst can not hope to understand the business as well in a few weeks as the user does after many years .
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