Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | They will also be able to supply you with a list of suitable short-term homes for the elderly in your area , to which your parent might consider going for a few weeks each year in order that you may have a holiday , if there is no other member of the family who could take over your responsibilities in your absence . |
2 | I would n't , I would n't mind going for a few days |
3 | Realistically , it is hard enough to speculate on how multimedia will have developed in a few years time without looking as far ahead as the beginning of the next century . |
4 | Given the party 's pledges on pensions , defence , law and order , and other statutory commitments , particularly on social security , this meant that spending cuts would have to fall in a few areas , notably housing . |
5 | But often we would n't get that straight away ; we 'd have to go through a few guitars before we found the combination of guitar and amp and EQ on the desk . |
6 | Mesmerised by that wagging right hand , the South Africans he blew away on that dramatic fifth morning at the Kensington Oval in April could certainly have done with a few chunks of green kryptonite . |
7 | He had been the weaker of a hatching of two males and would almost certainly have died within a few days if local ornithologists had not taken him from the nest and reared him themselves in the hope that a home might finally be found for him as worthwhile as the Zoo … |
8 | His cider sodden mind was causing him to treat his beloved motorcycle in a way he would never have dreamed of a few hours before . |
9 | We may have to look at a few options but there are not many . |
10 | Adverse winds carried them not to Kintail , from which they could have got within a few miles of Inverness by water , but to the shores of Loch Alsh , a sea-water inlet separating the Isle of Skye from the south-west tip of Ross and Cromarty . |
11 | Wallace looked threatening up front , and should really have scored on a few occasions . |
12 | Finally the th county picked up its responsibility again but the damage had been done and er grass cutting never seems to have recovered in some areas on the that I 'll just try to describe in a few words . |
13 | They could easily have waited for a few days . ’ |
14 | The blow would have killed him instantly — at least , he might have lived for a few minutes in a technical sense , but he would have been unconscious and effectively dead . |
15 | The therapist realized that some changes in the couples ' situation would have to occur within a few days if another crisis were to be avoided . |
16 | You could afford to put on a few pounds . ’ |
17 | I do n't suppose you 'd care to go into a few details … a little extra payment for last night ? ’ |
18 | I hope he can start knocking in a few goals because we need players who want to play for the club . |
19 | In the event of trouble , remove the villain , let the other fish settle for a few days and them put him back . |