Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In particular new potatoes should be bought in small amounts as they lose their freshness within a few days ; they should have a skin which feels damp to the touch and is easily removed by rubbing . |
| 32 | She sat on the edge of her bed for a few minutes , digging dirt from under her nails . |
| 33 | Having filled their buckets with bright red liquid ( thanks for the colouring ) contestants in Blind-man 's buff had to rely on shouts from supporters to get back to their corner with a few drops left in the buckets — no thanks to members of the Summer Fayre committee who kept moving the obstacles — just in case it good too easy you understand ! |
| 34 | In his mind 's eye he relived their love-making of a few hours before and the picture of Michael lying underneath him as he penetrated him rose in his mind . |
| 35 | Mrs Castle opens her account with a few reflections on the ‘ feminine ’ touch Edward Heath had brought to the redecoration of Chequers and some bitter-sweet memories of 1969 , when she and Wilson had clashed there with trade-union leaders over the In Place of Strife proposals for union reform . |
| 36 | She began her meal with a few hors-d'oeuvres , with the caviare one tasting particularly good . |
| 37 | Building society puts its trust in a former banker |
| 38 | In the event , the most important repercussion of the appointment was to deprive Kent of the championship , for it proved such a traumatic time for Cowdrey that his team lost their way for a few weeks , and missed the title by just one agonizing point . |
| 39 | With full-back Ian Hunter not appearing Cumbria were in doubt about their line-up until a few minutes before kick-off , but showed no signs of uncertainty when the action began , winning a penalty from their first attack . |
| 40 | Even if the Queen ca n't go , she can surely spare at least one member of her family for a few days there . |
| 41 | Many Creole users , both black and white , evoke a " black stereotype " by sprinkling their speech with a few Creolisms , but these are nearly always lexical — tags like man , guy , star , spar , y'know , or cho , or swear words like raas , turaatid , bomboklaat . |
| 42 | Sister was off duty , but the staff nurse , a big , auburn-haired girl with freckles , agreed to let Juliet see her mother for a few minutes . |
| 43 | The result was pale and sickly , stress lines showing how much she would look like her mother in a few years ' time . |
| 44 | Seeds of such a size remain in its gizzard for a little time while the rind is stripped off them and then later , perhaps when the bird has returned to one of its habitual perches , the nutmeg is regurgitated and falls to the ground . |
| 45 | She broke off to berate her son for a few minutes . |
| 46 | Elizabeth Woodville , informed of the arrest of her brother and of her son by a former marriage , as well as of the young king 's faithful chamberlain , was beside herself with anger and anxiety . |
| 47 | In the meantime , archery had retained its appeal in a few places around the country , two of them being the neighbouring Ayrshire towns of Irvine and Kilwinning , in both of which contests were held annually . |
| 48 | A friend of mine once returned to her house after a few month 's absence and found that though the font of her desk looked exactly the same as before she left , termites had eaten out the back of it and destroyed the contents of several drawers . |
| 49 | These plants can exceed the size of some national markets , leading producers to concentrate their production on a few sites and export to small markets : some chemical plants in Brazil or Mexico serve other parts of the Latin American market . |
| 50 | Cos Grant 's gone off to play with his computer for a few minutes . |
| 51 | Alexia held his glance for a few moments , a furrow between her eyebrows , and dropped the subject . |
| 52 | Dorcas vaguely recalled an elderly nome who had once decided that he was a teapot , but he 'd changed his mind after a few days . |
| 53 | It remained his seat for a few months short of thirty years . |
| 54 | I went over to his home for a few days to sort out helmet and leather contracts . |
| 55 | Andrew Beattie was allowed a visit by his wife for a few minutes around half-past one and for the first time he learned that no strike organisers had been arrested other than in the Rathcoole district . |
| 56 | Liz had continued to live at home with her parents , but she was now thinking about going to stay with her brother and his wife for a few weeks . |
| 57 | He is about the inn all day , speaks broken English , and in acknowledgment of any kindness will show the suppleness of his old bones by standing on his head for a little time . |
| 58 | He lay on his back for a few moments as he always did , then turned onto his right side , arranging himself as if for sleep . |
| 59 | It is not unknown for barbel to pull a rod into the water with a speed and viciousness that has to be seen to be believed , even when the angler has only glanced away from his rod for a few seconds . |
| 60 | Darlington Liberal Democrats have supported the party 's national leader Paddy Ashdown 's forthrightness in his recent response to the news of his affair with a former secretary . |