Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] a few [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was very simple , efficient , and reliable in operation , with the minor disadvantage that the vaporizer required preheating for a few minutes before the engine could be started ; when running , it retained sufficient heat to ignite the injected fuel . |
| 2 | It was happening with a few students because I was still teaching for two or three months after ‘ Surfing ’ was released . |
| 3 | At first , the Sisters themselves tried knocking in a few nails or propping up walls with staves . |
| 4 | I hope he can start knocking in a few goals because we need players who want to play for the club . |
| 5 | Uplands kept its wholesaling operation going for a few years after I left , but it does n't exist any more ; I think the day of the really small wholesaler is gone . ’ |
| 6 | On waking , try staying in bed on waking for a few minutes and let your mind try to recall . |
| 7 | He stood without moving for a few minutes and then he put out the light . |
| 8 | However , delay sowing for a few weeks if conditions are poor . |
| 9 | Bearing in mind that if we do have the whole house then people are only coming for a few days or or even one night could no they had somewhere to stay . |
| 10 | Incremental programming will be involved , starting with a few rules and , as more expertise is added , the ES gets bigger and performs better . |
| 11 | He will normally find that this assumes the shape of a pyramid , with a broad base of people who had only 1 or 2 hearths tapering to a few persons or a single individual who owned a disproportionate share of the wealth . |
| 12 | And er I was dragging behind a few paces and the headmaster was watching out of his study window you see ? |
| 13 | Later , Margaret stopped playing for a few years so she could concentrate on squash but three years ago she returned to the sport and now plays outside hitter for the Balerno team . |
| 14 | Some stopped dividing after a few hours and remained generalised in form and in dense clusters . |
| 15 | He told the owner of the pensione that he would probably be leaving in a few days and then he made his way to the station to ask about trains . |
| 16 | The fact was that Charles gave up shooting for a few years because he had simply grown bored with it : it was too easy to blast away overfed birds frightened into the air by a band of beaters . |
| 17 | It is particularly this aspect of BSL structure which not only creates the concentration of meaning in a few glosses but is frequently brought into use by deaf people . |