Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chances of the Government being defeated when amendment 27 is voted on in a few weeks are now difficult to judge . |
| 2 | Take this tiny sample : Leopold Bloom , the Dublin Jew , with his touching mixture of timorousness and courage , has looked in for a few moments at a church as a Mass is ending . |
| 3 | New York became conditioned to skyscrapers which were torn down after a few years ' life to be replaced by newer skyscrapers . |
| 4 | I was expecting you , of course , but I must have dropped off for a few minutes . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We 've come up with a few names . |
| 6 | In Britain , those from the late Fifties and Sixties fetch about Pounds 1 , while pre-war badges can usually be picked up for a few pounds . |
| 7 | Maybe I should have hung on for a few days in there getting to grips with Alf Bundy 's ailments . |
| 8 | That sort of partnership can not be built up over a few years , it has to be through a long term commitment by both parties . ’ |
| 9 | An integrated circuit can be made up of a few capacitors , diodes , resistors and transistors or even thousands of them . |
| 10 | Complexity is no disadvantage , so long as the report can be produced and the dust shaken off in a few minutes . |
| 11 | Even that will be used up within a few months , when further recourse to the IMF will be inescapable . |
| 12 | In this way , the small proportion of white cats that can hear will become more common and the defect could , in theory , be wiped out after a few generations . |
| 13 | Simple word-processing programs often used in conjunction with microwriters are already being experimented on in a few schools . |
| 14 | This is filtered off after a few days , and the company is left with sheets of a solid , somewhat resembling uncooked pastry , which is then flavoured and textured . |
| 15 | All these ruffles should be smoothed out after a few days . |
| 16 | Ramesh K was then brought in for a few minutes . |
| 17 | ‘ You see , Brownies , this hall is being pulled down in a few weeks ' time and new houses put up in its place , and there just does n't seem to be anywhere else for us to meet . |
| 18 | After the fish had settled in for a few days , one that I had thought to be a male showed signs of filling eggs , and developed a bright yellow patch on her belly . |
| 19 | The journey is a long one , but it is hurried over in a few words . |
| 20 | The barges , designed to be sailed by one man and a boy , could be laid up in a few days . |
| 21 | From a conservationist viewpoint , Hong Kong 's problem can be summed up in a few words : too many people . |
| 22 | Yet in most of the cases they present , the hoaxer was found out within a few years and promptly punished with significant disgrace . |
| 23 | Back neck stitches can be run on to a few rows of waste yarn and removed leaving you with a set of shoulder stitches on each side . |
| 24 | I 've only popped in for a few minutes . |
| 25 | Bob did not retire immediately as he has worked on for a few months to introduced new salesmen to their areas . |
| 26 | On it , messages left over from a few days before Brian gave up the flat . |
| 27 | I have never had much stomach for fighting and I certainly did not relish the prospect of having my head knocked off for a few cigarettes ! |
| 28 | ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’ |
| 29 | Either way , a whole house-shell could be put up in a few hours by a few successive foam-formings of the main walls and pillars . |
| 30 | ( The Soviet stance vis-à-vis Iraq had hardened noticeably during November with disillusionment over the expectation that 1,000 Soviet nationals would be allowed out within a few weeks following the Oct. 28-9 visit of Yevgeny Primakov [ see p. 37758 ] . |