Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] [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 We are then off into the players lounge for a few beers beforehand , then a few more after .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 If it 's not ready , boil for a few minutes more and test again .
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