Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] for a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , delay sowing for a few weeks if conditions are poor . |
| 2 | Remove the meat from the pan and allow to stand for a few minutes before slicing . |
| 3 | Turn off the heat and allow to set for a few minutes . |
| 4 | Allow to rest for a few minutes then roll , on a lightly floured board , into rounds 5–6ins/12–15cm in diameter . |
| 5 | Allow to dry for a few hours before painting with gold food colouring . |
| 6 | Sprinkle the yeast over the water in a cup and leave to stand for a few minutes in a warm place before stirring to completely dissolve the yeast . |
| 7 | Leave to dry for a few hours . |
| 8 | Leave to dry for a few hours or overnight . |
| 9 | Leave to cool for a few minutes , and then add to the processed salmon . |
| 10 | Leave to cool for a few minutes , then turn out onto a wire rack to cool . |
| 11 | We know all the damned silly things we 've done for a thousand years , and as long as we know that and always have it around where we can see it , some day we 'll sop making goddamn funeral pyres and jumping into the middle of them . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I am not pregnant , nor do I suffer from anorexia , ’ she added frostily , ‘ I 'm trying to shake off an illness I 've had for a few months , that 's all . ’ |
| 13 | We 've known for a hundred years that there were Roman burials in this area . |
| 14 | I had the result this afternoon , but I 've known for a few weeks , really . |
| 15 | They 've they 've asked for a few changes to their older system , and this new one will give them all that they want , plus a load that they do n't want . |
| 16 | Students from all over the world have gathered for a unique championships . |
| 17 | Where time permits , leave the final draft of any report you have written for a few days and then read it again with fresh eyes . |
| 18 | You need to rest for a few days , but you should be all right soon enough . |
| 19 | We have opted for a single 19″ Triton fluorescent tube in this 2′ tank . |
| 20 | Whatever the vertical and lateral changes in the Coal Measures , we still have to account for a general facies development in late Carboniferous times that extends in essentially the same form all the way from Texas to the Donetz coal basin , north of the Caspian Sea in the U.S.S.R. This amounts to some 170 of longitude , and closing up the Atlantic by a mere 40 does not really help all that much in explaining this remarkable phenomenon . |