Example sentences of "return [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes , of course , it can work the other way round ; I recall a woman , going through a difficult time with her husband , returning after a few days ' holiday to find that he had swept and cleaned the house from top to bottom . |
| 2 | He returned after a few minutes and put the tray on a low table by his chair . |
| 3 | I made him understand that he was to stay where he was and I would return in a few minutes with a tin of tobacco . |
| 4 | The dog should return within a few minutes , but if not , search in the direction where you last saw your pet . |
| 5 | He returned in a few minutes with a very wet and chastened Liam and the cortege was complete . |
| 6 | Shivering , she brushed a few drops of rain from her face , glad when Rune returned in a few minutes in the promised taxi . |
| 7 | During the football season ( eight months of the year ! ) the early turn men parade at 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. , return for a few hours , then re-parade 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. , and sometimes have to go on duty at 6 a.m. the following morning . |
| 8 | I should add that there are also a great many flowers that seem to have rather negative meanings , such as the lovely little lawn daisy , which apparently means ‘ delay ’ , or ‘ return after a few days when I may give you an answer ’ — not necessarily the most suitable text to put on a bookmark . |
| 9 | He promised to return within a few weeks , bearing a bonnet of fashionable design . |