Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It rubs hoarding space with Howard Hodgkin , whose paintings sell for a million pounds and more . |
| 2 | Simmer for a few minutes until the sauce is thickened . |
| 3 | By contrast , most privately rented accommodation is not available for short periods ( say for a few weeks while a house purchase is carried out ) . |
| 4 | ‘ If you 're going to be difficult , ’ Adam said , ‘ I suggest that either you wait for a hundred years or agree to reduce the amount payable , by half . ’ |
| 5 | TI is currently more experienced in providing variations on the whole turnover policy , be it catastrophe , datum line , cover on a specific customers or multi-market cover . |
| 6 | Ice expected to last some time , but look for a few skimmers and perch at Newport on pole and maggot . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm slightly worried about people who adopt as a standard things that have n't been implemented . |
| 8 | At the age of 42 I applied to go on a two-year business and finance course and finally , after a lot of readjustment , I have just had the results — pass with a few distinctions and merits thrown in . |
| 9 | ‘ Just think , ’ he told her , ‘ you could treat yourself to a trip down Bond Street and splurge on a few trinkets and some new clothes for your wardrobe . ’ |
| 10 | Well perhaps it 's the shape of the if they go in threes and the other three perhaps approach from a different stairs and it comes up , you know the type I mean ? |
| 11 | ‘ You and Ratagan could take one out tomorrow , stay for a few days and have a look around at the western fiefs . |
| 12 | Let me give you one or two specific examples , I 'm always interested , having been in a college for thirty five years in adult education , I 'm interested in the primary schools and I must admit I get more job satisfaction the moment we go in a primary schools than ever I had when I was in the college itself ! |
| 13 | ‘ It 's just a way of introducing all these girls to each other , so they can make friends , go to a few parties and have fun , ’ she said . |
| 14 | Just voices echoing in the dark ; images that burn for a few centuries and then fade ; stories , old stories that sometimes seem to overlap ; strange links , impertinent connections . |
| 15 | Differentiate a few quotients , get the hang of it , throw in a few sines and coses . |
| 16 | The Australian desert , for example , is structurally an ancient worn-down plateau of crystalline and ancient sedimentary rocks , the more resistant of which rise to a thousand metres or more ( a few thousand feet ) above the general surface level . |
| 17 | Now you 've worked through these 12 exercises , lightly jog for a few seconds and remember to jog where you can , whether it 's going for a bus or running up the stairs . |