Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a [det] [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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1 | The travellers say they wo n't be moving on for a few days and tonight , the festival still appears to be in full swing.Local people are angry after finding drug-taking equipment dumped in gardens , and sheep savaged to death at a local farm . |
2 | Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’ |
3 | The track , after leaving the ridge , went steeply down for a few yards and then turned to the right and ran diagonally across the hill for a hundred yards ; the pile of rocks was about midway on the right-hand side of this length of the track . |
4 | I ask him to come down for a few days and I also invite Lady De Marr . |
5 | Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’ |
6 | ‘ Like Dorigo and Stuart Pearce , I like to weigh in with a few goals and in pre-season I joked with the lads that I 'd get 15 this year . |
7 | It 's a wonderful opportunity , please do n't discard it out of hand because of pride or pique , just think it over for a few days and let me know your decision when you are ready . ’ |
8 | ‘ He may decide to hold off for a few days and give steroids to develop the lungs , ’ Belinda suggested . |
9 | I wonder if you 'd care to wander up for a few minutes and we could perhaps move this matter of Gray on a bit ? |
10 | He came up for a few days and stayed in Mackay 's Hotel in Ardallt . |
11 | I was really touched when all the McCarthys drove up with a few bits and pieces . |
12 | Gesner would be on in a few moments and then the thing would lift off . |
13 | We take our clothes off and I stick my penis into you and pull it in and out for a few minutes and white stuff comes out and you say ‘ Is that it ? ’ |
14 | Yeah , and they 're only out for a few minutes and they 're fed up out there as well , and backwards and forwards like a fiddlers elbow go on I want to put those lupins in |
15 | He went out for a few moments and stood on the steps between the Greek pillars , looking in the direction of the Residency for any sign of movement . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | ‘ I would roll over on my ankle and it would pop out for a few seconds and click back in again ’ . |
18 | Yet in most of the cases they present , the hoaxer was found out within a few years and promptly punished with significant disgrace . |
19 | I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’ |
20 | Yep , we managed to get in alright , pretty decent seats as well , even though it meant missing out on a few pints and getting there at 1o'clock . |