Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] for a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Remove the meat from the pan and allow to stand for a few minutes before slicing . |
2 | Turn off the heat and allow to set for a few minutes . |
3 | Allow to rest for a few minutes then roll , on a lightly floured board , into rounds 5–6ins/12–15cm in diameter . |
4 | Allow to dry for a few hours before painting with gold food colouring . |
5 | Sprinkle the yeast over the water in a cup and leave to stand for a few minutes in a warm place before stirring to completely dissolve the yeast . |
6 | Leave to dry for a few hours . |
7 | Leave to dry for a few hours or overnight . |
8 | Leave to cool for a few minutes , and then add to the processed salmon . |
9 | Leave to cool for a few minutes , then turn out onto a wire rack to cool . |
10 | You need to rest for a few days , but you should be all right soon enough . |
11 | Whatever the vertical and lateral changes in the Coal Measures , we still have to account for a general facies development in late Carboniferous times that extends in essentially the same form all the way from Texas to the Donetz coal basin , north of the Caspian Sea in the U.S.S.R. This amounts to some 170 of longitude , and closing up the Atlantic by a mere 40 does not really help all that much in explaining this remarkable phenomenon . |