Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [prep] a few [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Most of the detailed factual material learned in the sixth form is forgotten or superseded within a few years .
2 All anencephalus children are either miscarried , die stillborn , or die within a few weeks of life .
3 After his death many were given away or sold for a few pounds , and he was largely ignored as a painter until in 1987 six examples of his work were loaned to an exhibition entitled ‘ A Paradise Lost ’ at the Barbican Art Gallery , devoted to the neo-Romantic movement .
4 This is total rubbish , as if the body is to be buried or cremated within a few days after death , no such risk exists .
5 Add the margarine or butter and rub in with your hands or blend for a few seconds .
6 On at least a morning a week at ‘ family specialist ’ hotels , children are collected , given breakfast and taken on a trip or entertained for a few hours so their parents can enjoy a morning on their own .
7 In the British test-tube baby programme , viable embryos are either implanted or destroyed after a few days .
8 The beginnings were slow and limited to a few sectors where differences in labour costs were important .
9 Dragging with them seventeen unwieldy brass cannon from Edinburgh castle , they took Norham castle on the south bank of the Tweed , and pressed on a few miles to Flodden in Northumberland .
10 2 Add the mushrooms and spring onions , then stir in the tomato purée and soured cream and simmer for a few minutes .
11 Bring to the boil and simmer for a few min .
12 Inspired by the arrival of The Beatles to play the guitar , he bought a cheap Harmony electric and a Kalamazoo amp and dabbled for a few years before joining a high school covers band , playing soul , rock and a good deal of Hendrix .
13 Add peppers and tomatoes and cook for a few minutes , then add the remainder of the vegetables , the marjoram and wine and simmer gently for 30 minutes .
14 Melt the butter , add the flour and cook for a few seconds , then gradually add the milk , straining it into the roux mixture .
15 Heat the oil in a large frying pan , add the garlic and cook for a few seconds .
16 Add the flour and cook for a few seconds , then remove the pan from the heat and add the soured cream and the egg yolks .
17 To return to the offending nettle ( Urtica dioica ) or , it too had its uses : Martin Martin noted that in Skye ‘ the tops of nettles , chopped small , and mixed with a few whites or raw eggs , applied to the forehead and temples by way of a frontel , is used to procure sleep ’ .
18 resolve and spirit after a few days without a bath , a week without a change of clothes .
19 At home the sudden switch from inflation and boom to stagnation and slump in a few months made changes in policy inevitable .
20 Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments .
21 Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments .
22 Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments .
23 Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments .
24 Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments .
25 Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments .
26 Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments .
27 Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments .
28 Afterwards , lie down and relax for a few moments .
29 Afterwards , lie down and relax for a few moments .
30 Afterwards , lie down and relax for a few moments .
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