Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [prep] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Central Office tried to keep the local parties alive , for the party truce was only renewed for a few months at a time and parliament was prolonged beyond its five-year term only for a few months at a time too . |
| 2 | They then worked on the script together for a few months before joining Peckinpah in England , where he was busy with pre-production . |
| 3 | ‘ We 'd have half the police force here in a few minutes if we did , ’ she said . |
| 4 | ‘ I need your help just for a few minutes . |
| 5 | We 'll be taking a look around the scene here in a few moments , but first let's see how the people and town of Cheltenham prepares for the biggest invasion of the year . |
| 6 | The sergeant thought Blanche would be tired after the tension of the previous hour or two , and he expected Blanche to sit at her desk quietly for a few minutes . |
| 7 | Roll the cake up towards that end and hold in place just for a few minutes . |
| 8 | The operation was to have taken place anyway in a few days , but her condition worsened on the flight from Zagreb . |
| 9 | The next day , brush the top of the cake slightly with a little water . |
| 10 | Every nation believes that its enemies were the aggressors , and may make war again in a few years unless they are utterly defeated . |
| 11 | At the last minute the convention 's keynote speaker for Sunday 26 April was taken ill , and her replacement turned out to be Mr John Frohnmayer , the dismissed chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts who , although not scheduled to leave his post officially until a few days later , had actually worked his last day the previous Friday . |
| 12 | But most areas did avoid the rain apart from a few spots of rain over the islands . |
| 13 | Then ignore the puppy entirely for a few minutes , emphasizing that no further play will follow under these circumstances . |
| 14 | If necessary a small soda-water bottle with cap will do — add 150ml of distilled or purified water together with a few drops of vodka or brandy . |
| 15 | Thus tunicates ( creatures distantly related to vertebrates , and commonly known as ‘ sea-squirts ’ ) naturally accumulate vanadium or titanium which are present in sea water only in a few parts per billion . |
| 16 | He watched her face as she scanned the street and the square ahead for a few seconds and then moved on . |
| 17 | Water again after a few days and start feeding in June . |
| 18 | They rolled around on the ground together for a few moments and then the boy 's mother came out and gave him Sergeant 's leash . |
| 19 | The planners , a fifteen-member committee combining Japanese and Dutch know-how , selected a site on which they specifically avoided the arbitrary jumbling together of a few replicas . |
| 20 | He became convinced that his nose was deformed and saw another analyst regularly for a few months , but he recovered — at least until the next lot of symptoms after he rejected her advice and interpretations and simply told himself to stop thinking about his nose so much . |
| 21 | Edouard said he 'd been obliged to keep an elderly English woman there for a few days , but she 'd been slipping out . ’ |
| 22 | I had er put a promotion together with a few travel agents in Scotland where I gave out holiday spending money . |
| 23 | Today she 's come to a pre admissions clinic just for a few hours . |
| 24 | Press each pleat to the heading behind with a few hand stitches and also at the base of the stiffening , to hold in position ( fig. 44 ) . |
| 25 | When I was in Jordan in nineteen sixty five studying Arabic , I helped the Save The Children Fund operation there for a few months and this was undoubtedly one of the most enjoyable and interesting short periods of my life and I look back on it with great warmth and affection and as your Royal Highness knows , it happens also that many , many years ago before you were our president , my father occupied your office and I therefore come to this meeting today with some knowledge of the fund 's activities and with great admiration and respect for all the that the fund has achieved . |
| 26 | then that and he just bring me pack of cards you know er but er that 's how it 's been for a while you know if I thought well being a sh that that 's now we 've done it it 's a pity we 've not got , mind you I mean it can go potty again in a few years . |
| 27 | A number of retail outlets will allow you to take a rug home for a few days so that you can see it in the context of your home , and this simple precaution can not be recommended too strongly . |
| 28 | Because that was a politician 's I 'll play that trailer for the Sunday breakfast show again in a few moments and get you terribly excited . |
| 29 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |
| 30 | ‘ If you agree to my helping you in that direction , then we 'll look at this situation again in a few weeks , when you 'll hopefully be in a more stable state of mind . ’ |