Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You know the heat is off , Ruth , ’ he told her , his eyes catching hers and holding them for a few seconds .
2 It 's when you 've been flying them for a few days consecutively that it ( pardon the pun ) dawns on them that they could escape and find out what 's over the next hill .
3 Do n't you think you can manage to stop needling me for a few hours ? ’
4 If your goal is a college scholarship , the odds are very high that attending one for a few years will lead to a number of scholarship offers from top-notch college tennis programmes in the United States .
5 ‘ Especially if he was doing it with a few friends . ’
6 The Corporal instructor spoke quietly in his ear , reminding him of a few basics , and unobtrusively removed the lift bar at the same time .
7 To wash our dishes , for instance , requires placing them for a few hours in a rattan basket in the swift-flowing stream deflected through the kitchen to the left of our house .
8 His face was absorbed , and Hilary stood quietly , studying him for a few moments .
9 For a second his mind was off the ball , leaving it free for Patrick Lombard to belt in and whip it away , dribbling it for a few yards , then powering it to Mike , who , relishing his new freedom at Number Two , took it up field .
10 Because people had seen the recorder being switched off , they ignored the microphones , leaving them within a few inches of their mouths , thus enabling us to record conversation of superb acoustic quality .
11 ‘ It must have been bothering you for a few days . ’
12 When she turned to go upstairs and change , she saw Lucenzo leaning against a pillar , watching her from a few yards away .
13 Annie stood watching him for a few moments .
14 With an embarrassed shrug , she leaned more comfortably against the seat , and , watching him for a few moments , asked curiously , ‘ Why did you invite me today ? ’
15 As I stood watching him for a few seconds and looking at the damage to his farm buildings and the dead and wounded cattle around the orchard , I thought to myself .
16 No what I 'm say what I 'm saying is that that leaving it for a few months probably is n't going to do you any harm .
17 You think going out and killing oneself for a few shillings is normal to a Masai ?
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