Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So this morning the fat little chap in the long white coat who was sorting us out in the Dean 's Office said I 'd better come along here for a few days until they got me organized with another partner . |
| 2 | The owners of Land 's End are experts at the game and my friend Des Hannigan , who 's been working as a journalist down there for a few years , tells me they spray press releases at the local media with mad abandon . |
| 3 | When it got within spitting distance of Mafouz , who was now standing , arms loosely apart , mouth open , as if hypnotized by the thing 's movements , it did a sharp turn to the left , bounced along horizontally for a few yards , and then snarled up and down to land on the unfortunate boy 's head . |
| 4 | Why do n't you take the car and drive off somewhere for a few days ? |
| 5 | Switch it off now for a few minutes . |
| 6 | Try leaving his nappy off again in a few months ' time . |
| 7 | Really she was getting off lightly with a few glasses of bleach . |
| 8 | it was sore , but would heal up cleanly in a few days . |
| 9 | I 'd like you to put up there for a few days , and try to scrape acquaintance with her . |
| 10 | You can stay up late for a few nights to finish that urgent report without getting irritable or asking too much of the people you live with . |
| 11 | 6–8 nanny-thin , slightly stale slices of bloomer loaf 2–3 oz raisins , plumped up overnight in a few spoonfuls of brandy butter and whole nutmeg ( or ground allspice ) 4 large eggs and 1 pt half cream 2–3 tbsp demerara sugar or crushed coffee sugar crystals ( optional ) |
| 12 | It means you 'll lose a bit of paintwork when you do the job but very u most often you can get it all back together with a few flakes of paint missing . |
| 13 | After that , she went out later for a few mornings , not admitting to herself whether or not she was avoiding him . |
| 14 | Enthoven himself had urged the case for demonstration projects to " work at it till you work it out well in a few places — till you debug it " ( HSJ 1989 ) . |
| 15 | And once they 've been picked , cut the foliage back hard to a few centimetres from the crowns to stimulate new growth . |
| 16 | ‘ Can you hang on here for a few moments ? ’ |
| 17 | There was a plop as it landed in the water , then it thrashed around wildly for a few seconds before settling down . |
| 18 | ‘ I hope Luib 's bunch bloodied their nose for them , or things are going to be rather tight around here in a few moments . ’ |
| 19 | They drove on silently for a few minutes and then Mrs Lomax suddenly spoke . |