Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have an important function to attend in a few days ’ time . |
| 2 | Back at her place she offered him a large whisky and then said that she just had to slip into the bedroom to see to a few things . |
| 3 | The plan is to grow the lawnmower business over the next couple of years and then float the shares to raise cash to add in a few operations that are less seasonal , and less weather-dependent . |
| 4 | Leave the rabbit to set for a few moments . |
| 5 | But now they 're having a heated debate about script changes , so I grabbed the chance to escape for a few minutes . ’ |
| 6 | The mother 's death is portrayed in a macabre scene where Walter is unsure whether she has died , or even what death is , and allows the corpse to rot for a few days while he sits by her side . |
| 7 | It became the Chancellor 's habit to interrupt his morning procession to work for a few minutes of Cabinet Room conversation with the Prime Minister . |
| 8 | It should also help if you leave the paper to rest for a few minutes before stretching with gum strip . |
| 9 | You know it will be your turn to talk in a few minutes , so you can put all your energy into listening rather than trying to spot a chance to throw in your contribution . |
| 10 | In Latin America , Africa , and Asia , peasants might make a similar journey to market with a few chickens or other stock and produce if the fare were low enough to leave some profit . |
| 11 | It is clearly a mistake to generalize from a few examples . |
| 12 | The Scottish Protestants had their own dramatic gesture to make within a few weeks of Mary Tudor 's death . |
| 13 | The starts of Flatliners ( 15 ) — including off-screen lovers Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland — find a way to die for a few minutes just to see what life is like ‘ on the other side ’ . |
| 14 | Maria paused in the doorway , surveying her new colleagues and their partners , a handful of them local people but mainly men and women from all over the English-speaking world , because radio people had a gypsy tendency to move on every few years . |
| 15 | 700 the area of circulation of the sceatta or penny , introduced probably in Kent in the 670s , was widening to embrace the Thames valley and Hamwic , near Southampton , was emerging as an important trading settlement to become within a few decades ‘ possibly the largest and most densely populated town in eighth-century England ’ . |
| 16 | So it might pay a mother to wait for a few days and see what happened to the baby . |
| 17 | It is normal for this sensitivity to remain for a few flights and then gradually to disappear . |
| 18 | That 's the main thing and then if you 've got any questions afterwards hopefully we 'll still have time to go through a few questions . |
| 19 | When the seeds drop off from the flowering spike , they should be left in the tank to float for a few days . |
| 20 | Before dusk Holly and those who had arrived that day were taken to the Bath house to stand for a few moments beneath the trickle of lukewarm water . |
| 21 | She did n't know how far they had come from Gloucester , but surely after an hour at a steady gallop they had put enough distance between themselves and the castle to halt for a few minutes . |
| 22 | Perhaps he 'd risked time to practise with a few shots before I got there . |
| 23 | Avril found out the very next evening when Peter drove her to her daughter 's house to stay for a few days . |