Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] a few [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 | I can not sum up in a few sentences what will be the substance itself of my book . |
| 7 | The disk will whizz around for a few seconds , and then you get the rows of statistics . |
| 8 | She would twitter on for a few sentences to get everyone else to give their opinions , then make a decision . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The way things are , you might struggle on for a few months . |
| 11 | His meeting was not until the next morning , so he could switch off for a few hours . |
| 12 | I felt him go off for a few seconds . |
| 13 | Do not stand up for a few moments . |
| 14 | But I could go up in a few weeks . |
| 15 | I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , a grateful girl like me can put up with a few bruises , ’ said Dolly , sheet and blankets up to her chin . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 21 | Mummy will come back in a few minutes , wo n't she , for Susie ? ’ |
| 22 | Grant , the people could come back in a few minutes |
| 23 | We all thought right okay , we 'll get out for a few days and matters 'll come to a head , get sorted out and we 'd be back at work , happy as anything you know , everything sorted within a couple of weeks . |
| 24 | Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’ |
| 25 | Might as well sit down for a few minutes might n't we ? |
| 26 | The video shop did n't open up until a few minutes after ten . |
| 27 | Then if you 'd lie down for a few minutes , have a few minutes ’ sleep , you were right again . |
| 28 | But if Geoff does n't turn up in a few minutes . |
| 29 | Ask Lina if she 'd like to come up and help out for a few weeks ? |
| 30 | ‘ I would roll over on my ankle and it would pop out for a few seconds and click back in again ’ . |