Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] and [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Well , keep awake for the few minutes and you might derive a little comfort from knowing what scientists can and ( more important ) can not do .
2 He came into the kitchen after a few moments and she turned away , wandering to the far side to get away from him , battling with the sudden incredible desire to break down and sob like a little girl who had done the wrong thing yet again .
3 He gave up farming and opened a restaurant in Glasgow but his new businesses failed after a few years and he left Scotland to live in Rugby until his death in 1937 .
4 She lost her job after a few weeks and what little money my Dad had left quickly went on drugs and booze .
5 The jeep driver was pleased at the opportunity to get away for a few hours and we set off about 3 p.m. , arriving in the area of the Highland Division a short time later , after following their divisional signs along the country lanes .
6 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 ?
7 Yeah , and they 're only out for a few minutes and they 're fed up out there as well , and backwards and forwards like a fiddlers elbow go on I want to put those lupins in
8 When the smoke really thins out , thin blue smoke , rap on it , give the whole tin a shake and it 'll suddenly burst into thick smoke for a few minutes and it may do that again for a second time .
9 Halt it for a few minutes and it would die altogether .
10 We talked for a few minutes and he was in great spirits .
11 Yeah , even on the phone our Rob rings up and er , he 'll speak to me for a few minutes and he speaks
12 Stay there for a few minutes and you will begin to experience one of several sensations : it may be a slight breeze , or perhaps a tingling sensation , heat ( especially in the palms ) , static or even a magnetic pull .
13 Just sit there quietly for a few minutes and I 'll see if the doctor is free . ’
14 ‘ He did make things difficult for a few minutes and I did consider having him fired from the chamber .
15 He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news .
16 Mrs Rumney looked at me in silence for a few moments and I saw in her face the dawning of relief and hope .
17 ‘ After the Smiths I had been playing the guitar for a few years and I was listening to things like Aztec Camera and Orange Juice .
18 Now actually Mill did put the his erm this proposal forward , he was a member of parliament for a few years and he was trying to get this discussed in parliament .
19 In the event of trouble , remove the villain , let the other fish settle for a few days and them put him back .
20 But Steve had gone off with Maria Luisa for a few days and he was n't thinking about work , that was for sure , and she had n't her freedom anyway !
21 ‘ Now , Roger , it 's obvious — you have worn that chain for a few days and it has left a mark .
22 I ask him to come down for a few days and I also invite Lady De Marr .
23 It was difficult to raise the vein as the filly staggered around , but she came to rest for a few seconds and I dug my thumb into the jugular furrow .
24 There had been a stray mongrel whom they had named Herbert , with a large uncoordinated body and look of lugubrious disapproval who had attached himself to them for a few weeks and whose voracious appetite for dog-meat and biscuits had had a ruinous effect on the housekeeping .
25 This alleyway was shut for a few months and we Hello .
26 Nancy Ball had only been with Hugo for a few months and it was much longer than that since Harriet had visited him at the office .
27 I had been in Styal for a few months and I kept putting in for an open prison , but they kept saying no .
28 The children skipped along with him for a few yards and he saw how beguiling their faces were , the large dark eyes , the straggle of thick black hair , the earnest looks of desperate innocence .
29 Still , he prepared her cigarettes for her at least , filling a saucer with a few butts and plenty of ash .
30 A few years ago — before 1986 — I was at a party with a few friends and we met some people who used to be in athletics .
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