Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
| 2 | Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’ |
| 3 | I thought I might catch up on a few chores instead . |
| 4 | So all them hassles what you 're gon na get in the future when they they 're gon na fall out in a few years time . |
| 5 | The rains may disappear as suddenly as they arrived ; the pond may dry out within a few days , and so the whole cycle of breeding activity must be completed in the shortest possible time . |
| 6 | In more complicated cases or where a larger aircraft is concerned the investigating team can comprise up to a dozen investigators . |
| 7 | I can not sum up in a few sentences what will be the substance itself of my book . |
| 8 | You could splash out on a kingsize Strata waterbed costing around £2,800 . |
| 9 | We do actually cover up to a thousand pounds parts and labour with a wide range of cover across the board . |
| 10 | The disk will whizz around for a few seconds , and then you get the rows of statistics . |
| 11 | She would twitter on for a few sentences to get everyone else to give their opinions , then make a decision . |
| 12 | Often the Phantasms — daemon-masked , each dabbed with different costly scents , and gowned in luminous silk appliquéd with lascivious emblems — would bomb around the broad upper avenues on their jet-trikes , and through almost deserted midnight malls , seeking stylised mayhem with another brat gang or hunting for an odour bar or an elegant brothel which they could take over for a few hours before fleeing just ahead of a Judge patrol . |
| 13 | Some scientists believe that it can take up to a thousand years for virgin forest to be truly established . |
| 14 | The way things are , you might struggle on for a few months . |
| 15 | His meeting was not until the next morning , so he could switch off for a few hours . |
| 16 | I felt him go off for a few seconds . |
| 17 | Do not stand up for a few moments . |
| 18 | But I could go up in a few weeks . |
| 19 | I 'm bloody glad I 'm out of there , I would n't go back in a million years , of course he 's sitting there with this chinese cup in his hand , |
| 20 | I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’ |
| 21 | A hundred years ago a ‘ piss-maker ’ was a great drinker ; to ‘ piss one 's tallow ’ meant to sweat ; a ‘ vinegar-pisser ’ was a miser ; to ‘ piss out of a dozen holes ’ was to have syphilis ; and to ‘ piss when one ca n't whistle ’ was to be hanged . |
| 22 | Production of the Japanese industry 's two principal profit earners — the F-15J fighter and the P-3C anti-submarine aircraft , both built under licence from the United States — will peter out in a few years ' time . |
| 23 | At the present pace of progress in Brussels , similar changes throughout the EC may not come in for a dozen years or more , and British farmers fear that they will lose business while waiting for European competitors to catch up . |
| 24 | Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’ |
| 25 | Hey and listen , Pat , I do n't want to see or hear any reference to that part of the plan which shows that we can save up to a billion dollars a year by supplying components from the European plants to fit US manufactured vehicles . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , a grateful girl like me can put up with a few bruises , ’ said Dolly , sheet and blankets up to her chin . |
| 27 | ATP could always come up with a few money-spinners in its annual output , but the lavish location and studio work on Whom the Gods Love , Dean 's film on the life of Mozart , irritated board chairman Sir Stephen Courtauld , who began to argue that Dean was doing too much stage work , and had alienated George Formby . |
| 28 | ‘ If Steve does n't come back for a few days I 'll probably have to go into Palma and see the airlines and the tourist board myself . ’ |
| 29 | Mummy will come back in a few minutes , wo n't she , for Susie ? ’ |
| 30 | Grant , the people could come back in a few minutes |