Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [prep] a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Turn into a lightly floured board and knead gently for a few minutes .
2 Indeed , after our second stop in Bombay a few passengers gratefully chose the option of being one-armed , one-legged , one-eyed , two-headed beggars rather than having to return to their seatettes and fly somewhere for a few months with their hands on their heads .
3 5 Return the turkey or chicken pieces to the pan and cook gently for a few minutes .
4 Add the bacon and venison and cook quickly for a few minutes , stirring frequently , to seal the meat .
5 Add the ginger , garlic and Curry Powder , fry gently for a few minutes .
6 But if we wait patiently for a few picoseconds until the charges rearrange themselves there will be no further motion and the problem belongs to the realm of electrostatics .
7 At 11.15 a.m. the 29 enthusiastic players teed off from a few tees .
8 As the name suggests , the sole purpose of the group was to have fun , and perhaps show off to a few friends .
9 Cover up for a few days , use a higher factor lotion , and take great care .
10 When a dog does start to show signs of becoming difficult about a visit to the surgery , you may want to arrange with your vet simply to walk up to the waiting room , pause here for a few moments and then return home .
11 Stop anywhere for a few minutes on a summer 's day and you are likely to end up as an unpaid extra in next year 's calendar or on a biscuit tin .
12 However , he ran into a familiar stumbling-block : the concerto and the Souvenir add up to a few minutes less than the magic number of 55 , so he was forced to abandon the idea .
13 Mug up on a few details : whether they called the masters ‘ beaks ’ or ‘ dons ’ ; whether sweets were referred to as ‘ tuck ’ or ‘ sock ’ ; where you would have slept , in a ‘ house ’ or ‘ dorm ’ ; what barmy school game was played on them once a year .
14 Throughout the lunar core samples , which extend well below a few millimetres , the exposure ages of the grains are similar at all depths and correspond to a few million years exposure to the cosmic-ray intensity in the present Solar System .
15 just lie here for a few moments .
16 Irish rugby is notorious for peaks and troughs , so look forward to a few peaks from now onwards .
17 You 've said ‘ Fire ! ’ and seen the price of a dozen cameras blow away in a few seconds ' worth of flash and bang , with nothing left at the end to stick in the family album .
18 I remember when after a few months in uniform duty , walking the beat , I was on West End Road , next to the Olympic Theatre , where there had been a building site and there was Collins World Fair there .
19 One possibility is to choose two or three at a time , as above , and then go on to a few others .
20 The opening ‘ The Basement ’ is most disturbing , Blood explaining what can happen when your parents go away for a few months and leave you with your crippled sister : ‘ It started out with spankings with the neighbour looking on/She paid her daughter 's boyfriend who would whip me all night long … ’
21 The opening ‘ The Basement ’ is most disturbing , Blood explaining what can happen when your parents go away for a few months and leave you with your crippled sister : ‘ It started out with spankings with the neighbour looking on/She paid her daughter 's boyfriend who would whip me all night long … ’
22 Finishing the script , I would leave it for the typist and go home for a few hours ' nap until rehearsal time at two o'clock .
23 Go home for a few hours .
24 You thrash around for a few minutes , trying not to breathe , but you have to inhale sometimes . ’
25 Stay there for a few minutes and you will begin to experience one of several sensations : it may be a slight breeze , or perhaps a tingling sensation , heat ( especially in the palms ) , static or even a magnetic pull .
26 In contrast to some other low-income countries in Africa , most children do eventually get to primary school and stay there for a few years .
27 And , miraculously , there was little resistance and I stared in disbelief as the great organ disappeared gloriously and wonderfully from sight I was right behind it with my arm , probing frantically away up to the shoulder as I rotated my wrist again and again till both uterine cornua were fully involuted Ben I was certain beyond doubt that everything was back in place I lay there for a few moments , my arm still deep inside the sow , my forehead resting on the floor .
28 Sorry , I run a health spa in Scotland and I see an awful lot of women who obviously come in for some slight improvement but quite frankly it is the stress factor that shows in the face that does n't make them quite so beautiful because their personalities comes across for when their stressed it shows in their face and I notice when they leave only after a few days the stress has gone and their personality shines through and their far more beautiful .
29 Minority groups under pressure change , and do so in a few generations : they become bilingual and accept the culture of the larger society .
30 Some people who comply well with all that is suggested to them may have done little more than comply ( incidentally , much of the " normal " first year of recovery is reckoned to be little more than compliance ) and think erroneously after a few weeks of treatment that they have learnt all they need to know and have done all they need to do to remain free from addictive disease .
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