Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asking the candidate to wait on for a few minutes . |
| 2 | But the assumption that all morality means sexual morality is too widespread to go down without a few squawks of protest . |
| 3 | " Ask Dr. Lorrimer to come down for a few minutes , will you please ? " |
| 4 | I ask him to come down for a few days and I also invite Lady De Marr . |
| 5 | Ask him to write down in a few words what he thinks his present image is , and what he wants his image to be , and he will most likely fail to do it . |
| 6 | Like thoroughbred horses chafing at their bits before an important race , they are liable at any moment to sprint off at a hundred miles an hour in the wrong direction . |
| 7 | The pros are expected to come up with a few answers to problems . |
| 8 | I wonder if you 'd care to wander up for a few minutes and we could perhaps move this matter of Gray on a bit ? |
| 9 | At such moments he knew that he loved Frances , and he could feel the seductions of a conventional marriage , of meals such as this happening every Sunday , of knowing each other 's daily news , not always having to catch up on a few months ' worth of events . |
| 10 | He was wondering how he was going to slip out for a few hours without alerting his mother . |
| 11 | They went away thanking her for her help , and promised to come back in a few weeks ' time when Bruno 's booster injection was due . |
| 12 | Well , we had a talk and she invited me to come back in a few days ' time . |
| 13 | It has a price tag of twelve thousand pounds … and its maker hopes to sell up to a hundred machines a year . |
| 14 | Once well formed , remove the polythene bag and allow to grow on for a few weeks before potting on each plant singly . |
| 15 | But a litter of nine Chinese Shar-Pei puppies are expected to fetch up to a thousand pounds each . |
| 16 | ‘ Like Dorigo and Stuart Pearce , I like to weigh in with a few goals and in pre-season I joked with the lads that I 'd get 15 this year . |
| 17 | Now I was talking to your Doctor who was wondering whether we might want to go out for a few beers at some point |
| 18 | Cos I 've got to go out in a few minutes . |
| 19 | so she 's got to go back in a few weeks ' time |
| 20 | Each centre aims to build up in a few years the basis for energy conservation throughout industry , transport and construction — an ambitious target , which Chandler feels is achievable . |
| 21 | Whereas it is obvious that the launch must be abandoned anywhere near the ground , halfway up the launch it is reasonable to hold on for a few seconds to see if the speed picks up again . |
| 22 | The sales force is a problem they 've been working on for awhile and could be in a position to snap off in a few months . |
| 23 | ‘ He may decide to hold off for a few days and give steroids to develop the lungs , ’ Belinda suggested . |
| 24 | These appear to die off after a few weeks in the water , but this is not actually the case . |
| 25 | Washington ordered the initial 1,800 heavily armed troops to sweep into the capital to save up to a million Somalis starving to death . |
| 26 | It finally erupted when Mozart asked for permission to stay on for a few days in Vienna to collect some outstanding fees . |
| 27 | Andy had n't meant any more than his pressing need to stay in for a few weeks till he had made more headway with his revision . |
| 28 | Even so , it was not unusual for friends and kinsmen to drop in for a few minutes , an hour , to see the news or a comedy . |
| 29 | I was now at a bit of a loss as to what to do next , so I wandered upstairs to the room that housed the books covering my subject , just to check up on a few things . |
| 30 | Phillips Auctioneers in Oxford is working with other branches throughout Britain to raise up to a million pounds for local charities in the ITV Telethon '92 . |