Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 11.15 a.m. the 29 enthusiastic players teed off from a few tees . |
| 2 | As the name suggests , the sole purpose of the group was to have fun , and perhaps show off to a few friends . |
| 3 | Cover up for a few days , use a higher factor lotion , and take great care . |
| 4 | However , he ran into a familiar stumbling-block : the concerto and the Souvenir add up to a few minutes less than the magic number of 55 , so he was forced to abandon the idea . |
| 5 | Mug up on a few details : whether they called the masters ‘ beaks ’ or ‘ dons ’ ; whether sweets were referred to as ‘ tuck ’ or ‘ sock ’ ; where you would have slept , in a ‘ house ’ or ‘ dorm ’ ; what barmy school game was played on them once a year . |
| 6 | A burst of frequency between 10 and 10 4 Hz is expected with a duration of several cycles and an energy release of between and in gravitational waves from a star core of mass M. The mass M is expected to be similar to that of the pulsars , which average around for the few cases where measurements have been made . |
| 7 | One possibility is to choose two or three at a time , as above , and then go on to a few others . |
| 8 | You thrash around for a few minutes , trying not to breathe , but you have to inhale sometimes . ’ |
| 9 | think back to a few years back when I was in training about a job and you might still think it now , but I could n't give , put ideas over to somebody on one-to-one training . |
| 10 | They scream in horrifying agony , and thick gouts of blood spray over anyone in the area as the meats fly with a squelch into roasting-trays on the tables , where they flop about for a few minutes like dying animals . |
| 11 | However , most mares settle down after a few weeks . |
| 12 | So we think of them as being descriptive , but in reality , if you 're going to say to somebody , you 're very responsible , they 're probably not going to know what you mean , unless you come up with a few examples of what you 're talking about , of how they 've demonstrated that type of behaviour . |
| 13 | instead of just going , you should of said oh I just come up for a few days |
| 14 | Come back in a few years , eh ? ’ |