Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please let solicitors deal with everything , and also , please believe me when I say that I want nothing but a few mementos of my father . |
| 2 | Cook it for a few minutes longer than stated and eat it |
| 3 | That does not render it inedible if you cook it within a few hours — or freeze it immediately . |
| 4 | Halt it for a few minutes and it would die altogether . |
| 5 | ‘ Teach me to live , that I may dread/The grave as little as my bed ’ , he had written ; in this spirit he carried his shroud in a portmanteau and put it on a few days before his death at Longleat in 1711 , which his friends considered to have been advanced by his fasting and mortifications . |
| 6 | Hold it for a few seconds , maybe five , then release it . |
| 7 | Inside is a will , so read it for a few surprises . |
| 8 | The Legenda tell us about a few miracles that he is supposed to have performed , but otherwise he seems to have lived a fairly uneventful outward life . |
| 9 | He wooed her and wed her within a few months . |
| 10 | In real-time only seconds had passed , not much more time than it would have taken to see if he was in and ask him for a few minutes of his time . |
| 11 | Do a few products and then , leave them for a few days and go back and integrate them . |
| 12 | So have a look through your book have a very quick glance at erm if you can just at an acid alkali one , at one side of an equation co try not to read it cover it up write it down and leave it for a few minutes till you 've forgotten if you did accidentally see what was on the other side till you 've forgotten it . |
| 13 | leave it for a few minutes , then start it up again . |
| 14 | Place the stem of a stick of celery in some dyed water and leave it for a few hours . |
| 15 | In this case , leave it for a few months and try going again later . |
| 16 | Most of today 's great tournament fighters on the world circuits limit themselves to a few techniques that work best for them . |
| 17 | ‘ See you in a few minutes , Ben , ’ she said smiling . |
| 18 | See you in a few minutes . ’ |
| 19 | See you in a few weeks again . |
| 20 | See you in a few years time with fucking . |
| 21 | Go and see her in a few days . |
| 22 | She would smile at a man , lead him on a few steps , then turn cold . ’ |