Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a few [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people do n't mind answering machines , I must say , I 'm beginning to get used to them now , I think the problem is that it sort of wrong-foots you , so you get an answering machine , and think ‘ Oh my God ’ , and you know that in about a few seconds time , when you hear that bleep , you 've got to give a concise message which will be intelligible to the person when they replay it , so instead of coming out with sort of babble , you 're forced into thinking what the essence of the message is that you want to leave . |
| 2 | Give me a six foot tank and I 'm more likely to put a shoal of small 25mm Tetras into it , along with a few Dwarf Cichlids and Corydoras , than use it for one or two larger fish . |
| 3 | At the Apollo 17 site an experiment was carried out by the astronauts which gave the seismic wave speeds down to a few kilometres depth in the vicinity of the site . |
| 4 | ‘ So you can tap her up for a few quid petrol money , eh ? |
| 5 | Now might be the time to follow it up with a few troop directions in fluent French . |
| 6 | The rock is a unique form of conglomerate , so warming up on a few practice routes was needed to get a feel for it . |
| 7 | I had to eventually sort it out after a few sorta threats off the bank . |
| 8 | He 'll be out in a few years time . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | wait a bit , and they said so , they looked at it and said we 'd have to take it back in a few days time for them to do , they could n't do it there and then . |
| 11 | Anyone fancy helping me out on a few voodoo dolls dressed in a famous black with blue/orange trim kit ? : - ) |
| 12 | Budgetary concerns and the drive for self-sufficiency ( UX No 374 ) , are forcing OSF to retract back to a few core technologies like DCE , DME and Motif , and to hold off on any further technology requests . |