Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he could do that in a few minutes after getting to his office , and I arranged to ring him later in the morning . |
| 2 | Sartre is reported to have said that he did not feel free without a thousand francs in his pocket ; this is clearly a freedom which can only be enjoyed by a few . |
| 3 | Beginning the Cystopurin treatment at the first signs of an attack will usually help you feel better within a few hours . |
| 4 | The glaze will stay shiny for a few days but after a week will begin to lose its gloss , so do n't decorate the cake too early . |
| 5 | On his last day , feeling a little guilty about sending his wife out shopping , he said , ‘ ’ There 's no need to go shopping today , love , I notice you have a nice bit of boiled ham in the fridge , I 'll have that with a few tomatoes . ' ’ |
| 6 | We should have that in a few minutes on the , the quotes side , Mark 's gon na bring them in to me . |
| 7 | So after a week he takes away the bandage , removes the bit of radium , sure enough there 's a bright red radiation burn on his forearm but apart from that he feels fine , he does n't feel ill , he obviously has n't died , er so he said well I 'll leave that for a few weeks and monitor my , my health and see if there 's any long term affects from this exposure to , to radiation . |
| 8 | Could you leave this for a few days until I 'm fresher ? ’ |
| 9 | The program can load any of a dozen formats and convert the image to any other output style . |