Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [prep] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was also controlled by a private club , but we were sometimes given a day 's fishing and generally managed to come home with a few trout . |
| 2 | People are more likely to come home after a few drinks , light a cigarette and then fall asleep , often with tragic consequences . |
| 3 | ONly in one report was it suggested that ‘ fundic gland metaplasia ’ was a transient lesion , which tended to disappear spontaneously within a few months . |
| 4 | More often than not you have to work hard for a few fish . |
| 5 | Our plan was to meet there in a few days ' time , once our researches in New York were concluded . |
| 6 | Although they were gruesome , the markets virtually ignored these widely expected figures to concentrate instead on a few signs of impending economic recovery , such as improved unemployment figures . |
| 7 | This planning diary should show , for example , weeks in which certain lecture courses begin or in which certain work assignments are due for presentation ; weeks in which there are social or sporting events ; weeks in which you are free to take a break or to go away for a few days . |
| 8 | It could be that the couple simply decided to go away for a few days , but those who know Mrs Allsopp say it 's unlikely she would have left without telling anyone . |
| 9 | I 've only met kennel cough once and that was last year , when a dog belonging to a friend caught it after having been boarded out when she had to go away for a few weeks . |
| 10 | ‘ No , I 'm sure you 'll be able to go home in a few days . |
| 11 | Old Fishfinger is a regular visitor to the PFK offices , from which he occasionally manages to sneak away with a few reader 's queries . |
| 12 | There is a fundamental contradiction between the official figures ( which , as Teddy perfectly fairly pointed out , showed that 75 per cent of those who went on Government schemes did secure subsequent employment ) and the common experience that such jobs tended to last only for a few months . |
| 13 | Most mothers , if forced to leave home for a few days , would entrust their children to the pet dog for safekeeping rather than hand them to their lawful father . |
| 14 | A dreadful pregnancy or birth that produces a healthy baby can make it difficult for a mother to allow her baby to cry even for a few minutes . |
| 15 | As it was , I was lucky to get away with a few bruises if the person who slugged me was the one who knocked off Mahoney . |
| 16 | The jeep driver was pleased at the opportunity to get away for a few hours and we set off about 3 p.m. , arriving in the area of the Highland Division a short time later , after following their divisional signs along the country lanes . |
| 17 | The august meeting of the Herts and District Metal Detection Society , while not up to its usual high attendance , owing to many people managing to get away for a few weeks holiday , still managed to attract forty-five members . |
| 18 | ‘ Would it be possible to stay here for a few days ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ = and they were going to stay there for a few weeks until their faces were off the front pages and they could tiptoe away . |
| 20 | Edward appeared to think hard for a few moments and then got up and left the room abruptly . |
| 21 | You may like to think quietly for a few moments , then read these words from the first letter of John . |