Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a few [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 If we could talk to you inside for a few minutes you wo n't regret it . ’
2 It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames .
3 But I had to keep stopping to peer at the pages , so after a few attempts I gave up .
4 He delivered the letter , together with a few flowers he 'd nicked from a cemetery .
5 I had to wait until the female was bulging-ripe , so within a few days she was brooding .
6 Perhaps in a few years I would n't have done . ’
7 And just for a few minutes she savoured the circuitous routes of pleasure .
8 Grainne blinked and shook her head , because just for a few seconds she had seen with dreadful clarity the Dark Ireland , the Evil Realm , the world of malevolence and malignancy .
9 Just for a few seconds she 'd fallen for the powerful aphrodisiac of music , her senses sharpened by aquavit and the potent charisma of a man who would stop at nothing to achieve his desired ends !
10 She felt his arms tighten around her in a comforting hug and just for a few seconds she allowed herself the luxury of sinking against him , feeling the strength and the warmth of his body next to her skin .
11 Already after a few days it became clear that the German troops had not succeeded in repulsing the Normandy landing , and that the deployment of the V1 — rapidly dubbed ‘ Versager I ’ ( ‘ Failure No .
12 If your symptoms do n't go away after a few minutes it is probable that you have n't caught it quickly enough and in this case you will need to use the technique of ‘ rebreathing ’ .
13 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 .
14 He was horrified that even for a few minutes he could seriously have contemplated such destructive stupidity .
15 Then for a few days she was quiet .
16 Then for a few seconds he said nothing .
17 Then after a few minutes it all stops .
18 Gina started scanning the documents , then after a few seconds she gasped ,
19 That 's in the oh a lot of people did , oh yes , lot of people spent the money but I was one of the fortunate ones I had a little bit left because I mean I was , er I was very lucky myself , I mean I had a decent job at that time from time I left school and when I was on the dredging plant , I mean you take er in nineteen twenty five when er a schoolboy left school , his money was about ten shillings a week as an errand boy but I was one of the fortunate being a cabin boy on the dredger , I was getting thirty five shillings a week which was a lot of money and then after a few months they , I , they wanted another deck hand , so of course I went on there on four pound a week and then I was well off .
20 Then in a few minutes they were gone and quiet descended on our yard — but not for long .
21 You 'll take him home with you to avoid gossip , and then in a few days he 'll be fit enough to leave the country . ’
22 Then in a few months you could have a thriving business here , Mr Robinson .
23 My Donald had terrible injuries , yet for a few minutes he lived .
24 Apart from a few weddings she had n't been inside a church for a long while .
25 Yet within a few years she won the County Bronze and Silver Championships in two successive seasons , almost certainly a unique feat .
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