Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv] for [art] few " in BNC.
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1 | The way things are , you might struggle on for a few months . |
2 | Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’ |
3 | It was n't until we told him , that he exclaimed ‘ Oh yes , I remember the Institute Netball Team first time round in the 70's — Oh yes , a right tough lot ! ’ — Marion , we 'll get together for a few team tactics eh ? |
4 | We all thought right okay , we 'll get out for a few days and matters 'll come to a head , get sorted out and we 'd be back at work , happy as anything you know , everything sorted within a couple of weeks . |
5 | Often the Phantasms — daemon-masked , each dabbed with different costly scents , and gowned in luminous silk appliquéd with lascivious emblems — would bomb around the broad upper avenues on their jet-trikes , and through almost deserted midnight malls , seeking stylised mayhem with another brat gang or hunting for an odour bar or an elegant brothel which they could take over for a few hours before fleeing just ahead of a Judge patrol . |
6 | However , he left the next day , calling later to ask Lorna to meet him nearby with £500 cash so he could go away for a few days . |
7 | His meeting was not until the next morning , so he could switch off for a few hours . |
8 | Then if you 'd lie down for a few minutes , have a few minutes ’ sleep , you were right again . |
9 | Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’ |
10 | She would twitter on for a few sentences to get everyone else to give their opinions , then make a decision . |
11 | ‘ I would roll over on my ankle and it would pop out for a few seconds and click back in again ’ . |
12 | Meyer will return home for a few weeks after this weekend 's race , and will then fly to Britain , where she will set up base for about four months , competing on the European circuit in her build-up for the World Championships in Stuttgart , where she will no doubt meet McColgan again . |
13 | The disk will whizz around for a few seconds , and then you get the rows of statistics . |
14 | Some think that he will go abroad for a few days and the CIA will then engineer his return in a countercoup , just as it did in 1953 . |
15 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
16 | I can go on for a few more days . |