Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [art] few [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Cook for a few minutes more , stirring thoroughly . |
2 | Add garlic , cook for a few seconds then add courgettes . |
3 | Instead , place cotton wool soaked in remover over each nail , hold for a few seconds then life off . |
4 | Watch from a few yards away and you will see an elegant rodent , about the size and shape of a hare but with long stilt-like legs , step daintily towards the hole , nose lifted warily . |
5 | Rather , indicate in a few words how the rest of your answer would proceed if you had time . |
6 | We are then off into the players lounge for a few beers beforehand , then a few more after . |
7 | We stop the jeep for a few words with the Marines , some I recognise from a few weeks ago when they were on their way to take up positions on the coast , on the left of 1st Commando Brigade . |
8 | Throughout the next two years I had lost interest in the game I would wait a few months and then in a space of a week I would go and have a few games it was n't until 1993 early January that I started playing regularly again I was determined to get a handicap and play in a few competitions sometime that year . |
9 | If it 's not ready , boil for a few minutes more and test again . |
10 | I should add that there are also a great many flowers that seem to have rather negative meanings , such as the lovely little lawn daisy , which apparently means ‘ delay ’ , or ‘ return after a few days when I may give you an answer ’ — not necessarily the most suitable text to put on a bookmark . |