Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Captain and his wife proved so hospitable that Ricky stayed on for a few days after Minton left to stay with Paul ( ‘ Odo ’ ) Cross and Angus Wilson at their home Rio Chico at Ocho Rios . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Sometimes Sheila got away from her family to come with her and she drove down for a few hours as well as now and again in the middle of the week . |
| 4 | Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She may , for example , lay it down for a few seconds while she opens the entrance to her hole . |
| 7 | I ask him to come down for a few days and I also invite Lady De Marr . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | And the animals were certainly in for a few surprises as our team of ten raced by wearing bright yellow ‘ Wimpey Worldwide ’ T-shirts and hard hats . |
| 10 | Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’ |
| 11 | Andy had n't meant any more than his pressing need to stay in for a few weeks till he had made more headway with his revision . |
| 12 | They took the net down after a few weeks but kept it handy , you know . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | Anyway , he turned up at my house sometime later and , sure enough , I had n't finished it — so we sat down and did it together , along with a few others while we were in the mood . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | On it , messages left over from a few days before Brian gave up the flat . |
| 17 | ‘ He may decide to hold off for a few days and give steroids to develop the lungs , ’ Belinda suggested . |
| 18 | Start off with a hundred pounds and add thirty five percent on . |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | We actually split up for a few days because his mother sent a Christmas card to him and not to me . |
| 21 | He came up for a few days and stayed in Mackay 's Hotel in Ardallt . |
| 22 | ‘ I was hoping Kenny could put me up for a few days until I 'd sorted things out with my parents . |
| 23 | I was really touched when all the McCarthys drove up with a few bits and pieces . |
| 24 | I can if you want , it 's just that I came up with a few things that did n't make sense , they were fairly contradictory things . |
| 25 | Do you have a rota system where if maybe six have got onto an appliance and there 's another fire comes up in a few hours that they can not turn ut again , or is it just a matter of whoever gets there first again ? |
| 26 | At the 13th , Woosnam was heckled and a cheer went up from a few spectators as he put his drive into the creek . |
| 27 | Acknowledging the problems of information confidentiality and the need to retain machine-readable records for up to a hundred years before they can be publically released , it still seems feasible for the various interested parties to forge links in order to share expertise and avoid the needless duplication of effort . |
| 28 | Actually , the family lived at Trebyan up to a few months before I was born , then they moved next door to be near the shop . ’ |
| 29 | These typically cater for up to a dozen boys and girls of various ages , and they are run by a houseparent with some assistance by day . |
| 30 | It 's beleived up to a dozen men and women are employed on his estate and today despite the news , the work went on . |