Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] a few [noun] " 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 | ‘ Especially if he was doing it with a few friends . ’ |
| 5 | The Corporal instructor spoke quietly in his ear , reminding him of a few basics , and unobtrusively removed the lift bar at the same time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | His face was absorbed , and Hilary stood quietly , studying him for a few moments . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ It must have been bothering you for a few days . ’ |
| 11 | When she turned to go upstairs and change , she saw Lucenzo leaning against a pillar , watching her from a few yards away . |
| 12 | Annie stood watching him for a few moments . |
| 13 | 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 ? ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |