Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Cook it for a few minutes longer than stated and eat it
2 That does not render it inedible if you cook it within a few hours — or freeze it immediately .
3 Halt it for a few minutes and it would die altogether .
4 ‘ Teach me to live , that I may dread/The grave as little as my bed ’ , he had written ; in this spirit he carried his shroud in a portmanteau and put it on a few days before his death at Longleat in 1711 , which his friends considered to have been advanced by his fasting and mortifications .
5 Hold it for a few seconds , maybe five , then release it .
6 Inside is a will , so read it for a few surprises .
7 Fill them with the same flowers using the colours of the china .
8 The Legenda tell us about a few miracles that he is supposed to have performed , but otherwise he seems to have lived a fairly uneventful outward life .
9 Most pay them on the same rates of pay , but because they lack seniority and are usually filling low-skilled , entry-level positions , seasonal workers ' actual earnings are usually lower than those of comparable regular workers .
10 He wooed her and wed her within a few months .
11 Convert it to the same units , use the formula and then I mean that 's a gift that is n't it ?
12 Keep them in the same bits wo n't you ?
13 In real-time only seconds had passed , not much more time than it would have taken to see if he was in and ask him for a few minutes of his time .
14 Do a few products and then , leave them for a few days and go back and integrate them .
15 So have a look through your book have a very quick glance at erm if you can just at an acid alkali one , at one side of an equation co try not to read it cover it up write it down and leave it for a few minutes till you 've forgotten if you did accidentally see what was on the other side till you 've forgotten it .
16 leave it for a few minutes , then start it up again .
17 Place the stem of a stick of celery in some dyed water and leave it for a few hours .
18 In this case , leave it for a few months and try going again later .
19 Cheers ( Channel 4 ) CHEERS and thank you for the many memories .
20 See you in a few minutes , Ben , ’ she said smiling .
21 See you in a few minutes . ’
22 See you in a few weeks again .
23 See you in a few years time with fucking .
24 Go and see her in a few days .
25 She would smile at a man , lead him on a few steps , then turn cold . ’
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