Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] in a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gesner would be on in a few moments and then the thing would lift off . |
| 2 | ‘ Mr Parkinson is with Sir Ewen in the big house , but he 'll be along in a few minutes , ’ Bob informed them after Maggie explained why she was there . |
| 3 | I just thought that the war would be fought far away , like the one in Abyssinia , and that it would be over in a few days , or weeks at the most . |
| 4 | Wars had been fought before by the regular Army , and this one , it was supposed , would be the same : it would be over in a few months , it not weeks . |
| 5 | Can I please because I have to be off in a few minutes . |
| 6 | He 'll be out in a few years time . |
| 7 | He was also ensuring that their first record , The Bride of Christ , would be out in a few weeks . |
| 8 | I 'll be back in a few minutes . ’ |
| 9 | I 'll be back in a few minutes for our little talk . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll be back in a few days with your orders . ’ |
| 11 | Coda has published its report and accounts each year since 1987 because , Turner says , its products are generally sold to the financial directors of large corporations and they always want the security of knowing how a firm is doing and if it will still be around in a few years . |
| 12 | It was over in a few seconds . |