Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | She had enough tins in the larder to see them through a few days at least . |
2 | The realization that I had an incurable disease that was likely to kill me in a few years was a bit of a shock . |
3 | Maybe someone bold enough to improvise like that would even take the risk of getting himself really knocked out and dropped in the water , knowing I could n't fail to find him in a few minutes . ’ |
4 | Going it alone in difficult times is not to be recommended , but if you wish to try it for a few weeks then there is no harm done , simply time lost if you are unsuccessful . |
5 | As I cleaned the little beauty and mounted it in my new display case , I promised myself that I would do everything possible to provide it with a few companions in the months that followed . |
6 | He was less prominent in the action than William Craig and he felt sufficiently distanced from it to be able to absent himself for a few days in the first week of the strike when he went to Canada to attend a funeral . |
7 | Also their directors wont really be able to sack him for a few years . |
8 | It 's as hard to do justice to the beauty of the Eternal City in a few words as it is to see everything in a few days . |
9 | Now anyone with a spreadsheet should be able to do them in a few hours . |
10 | When any seeds arrive from him I will take the first opportunity of sending you a share and in return shall trouble you for some Northern and Welsh plants which I hope we shall make proper conveniency to receive into our Garden in a short time ; for several of those which you were so good as to furnish me with a few years since are lost for want of proper soil and situation , the natural earth of our Garden being too light and dry and the bottom too warm . |
11 | No , I mean , there 's nothing to stop him arresting more British people , or er , any nationality , come to that , and saying well , they did stray into our territory , I 'm sorry about this , but er , we ca n't have that sort of thing , you 'll have to er , come and see if I want to release them in a few months . |
12 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |
13 | The vessels ' hulls are completely intact , and the team hopes to raise them within a few years . |
14 | But we want to review it after a few months because as I say , once she 's got herself organized , it might be alright . |
15 | You see towards the bottom er we pose a few questions there , I 'm going to ask you in a few minutes to introduce yourselves and to say what what sort of presentations you make at the moment . |
16 | Gradually it became possible to stop her for a few seconds , and then to ask her to start walking again before her anxiety rose and she reared . |
17 | Happily in those days there was no air navel to take us in a few hours to Addis Ababa and bring us back a few days later . |
18 | Tiny children , barefoot and dirty , tried to generate enough courage to touch us for a few fils ’ . |
19 | All those below were too busy and had not time to spare to comfort him with a few minutes ' companionship . |