Example sentences of "[det] [prep] a few [noun] and " in BNC.
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1 | So after a week he takes away the bandage , removes the bit of radium , sure enough there 's a bright red radiation burn on his forearm but apart from that he feels fine , he does n't feel ill , he obviously has n't died , er so he said well I 'll leave that for a few weeks and monitor my , my health and see if there 's any long term affects from this exposure to , to radiation . |
2 | He seemed to consider that for a few seconds and then replied , ‘ Maria Luisa needed me around . ’ |
3 | Nigel considered this for a few moments and then he said , ‘ Tell you what . |
4 | He held her like this for a few seconds and then , suddenly , the oddly predatory look left his face and his hands dropped to his sides . |
5 | When I inquired after the baptism he said he had been mistaken , it had been yesterday , but that there would be another in a few days and , anyway , who needed a baptism to enjoy themselves ? |
6 | If the user only wishes to produce text on the system and is prepared to restrict this to a few styles and sizes then such a device is perfectly adequate . |
7 | If you had SUPERFILE you could not only produce MailSorted address labels for all those people , but you could do much subtler selections as well — all in a few minutes and at the press of a few keys . |
8 | After multiple cycles of amplification contaminating RNA species are no longer a problem and there is plenty of material to clone , sequence , or otherwise analyse , all within a few hours and with minimal manual intervention . |