Example sentences of "[adv prt] [verb] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , as he goes on listening for a few weeks , looking carefully at ever-new pictures of different cases , a tentative understanding will dawn on him ; he will gradually forget about the ribs and begin to see the lungs . |
| 2 | The fact was that Charles gave up shooting for a few years because he had simply grown bored with it : it was too easy to blast away overfed birds frightened into the air by a band of beaters . |
| 3 | ‘ You wo n't be going back to work for a few days , I 'm afraid , Francisco . ’ |
| 4 | Nurse Eileen Farragher said : ‘ Physically he 'll be okay to go back to work in a few weeks — but mentally he 's still shocked . ’ |
| 5 | Now that 's settled can I carry on moping for a few hours more ? ’ |
| 6 | He would be coming round to collect in a few minutes ' time . |