Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [prep] [art] few [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She 'll be all right for a few hours .
2 We should be all right for a few moments as it is deeper water ; we can then make for the beach , hopefully avoiding the big dumping surf . ’
3 Pat said quickly , " Well , we can go to 45 But surely it is all right for a few minutes here . "
4 A storm arrives from the west , the snow falling so thickly in a few minutes that I fear I will lose my way .
5 erm Anybody that 's well-organized , good at clerical operations , preferably can type a little bit even though , if only perhaps with a few fingers , erm would make a perfectly computer operator for a small firm .
6 He said : ‘ He took a chance coming in here , I was only away for a few minutes .
7 She made a mental note to check the tariff later with the receptionist — there would be little point in living so comfortably for a few weeks if the bill swallowed most of her wages at the end of it .
8 It was all over in a few minutes .
9 Battler opened up with the violin and it was all over in a few minutes .
10 It must have been all over in a few seconds .
11 so like after a few days I can her saying , oh , I 'm gon na have to go , I 'm gon na have to feed dog and they 're having it put down , they 're having it put down .
12 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
13 ‘ Katherine , you 'll be pleased to know that I 'm only here for a few days .
14 ‘ We were only there for a few weeks .
15 Each of the five judgments rambles over the territory in what can only be called a head-scratching way , making it impossible for the consumer of the judgment to know at the end just what the law is held to be , except negatively , and then only negatively on a few points .
16 So apart from a few minutes to snatch a bite to eat , he was seldom off the helm .
17 Then you can simply release your grip and back slowly away over a few paces .
18 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 .
19 ‘ I had gathered the impression that the Prince had intended to be away only for a few days , ’ said Mahmoud .
20 ‘ I 'm just in for a few tests , ’ he said .
21 Brush more gently for a few days until the gums become healthy again .
22 Todays toil to lower the level of the brook takes a bitmore than one man and his dog , but the necessary speed of the work means thispiece of Georgian architecture will be hidden once more in a few days when the brook 's allowed to flow through here again .
23 After that things went more smoothly for a few days , at least until the following Monday .
24 Marcus told everything , reluctantly at first , but more freely after a few minutes .
25 Inevitably they come straight down in a few minutes looking rather sheepish !
26 During a break while attending a board meeting , I have looked beyond the faces and the smoke , and seen some idea that has carried me far away for a few moments .
27 The red-brick government-issue buildings stand isolated within a security fence , surrounded even today only by a few houses , fields , orchards and small villages housing some of Britain 's finest racehorse stables .
28 The process can be unpleasant and dangerous if unsupervised , but with medical , nursing and family help most people can ‘ detox ’ surprisingly easily within a few days at home or , if necessary , in hospital , without untoward symptoms .
29 By such standards both footballers and cricketers , provided they were among the minority who avoided injury and played in the first team , were quite well off for a few years .
30 The three piece leather does make for a lot of stitching at the sides and this suffered quite badly after a few days on rough moraine .
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