Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sightseers on the banks of the river , who , sensing something afoot , had been gathering for a few hours , dodged about , seeking a view between bushes . |
| 2 | Wait until your baby has been walking for a few weeks before taking her for the first shoe fitting , as toes are crucial in gripping the floor while learning to toddle . |
| 3 | It 's been happening for a few days , but I 've only just realised what it is … |
| 4 | And he would ask a few questions , say he 'd been looking for a few hours . |
| 5 | Jake fingered the paperweight idly as he continued , ‘ It had probably been developing for a few days . |
| 6 | Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work . |
| 7 | and if you 're coming for a few days you 've , you 've bag carrying and all this in the business |
| 8 | It 's been going on a few days this game . |
| 9 | My ‘ heavenly brother ’ was not a Sasse boy , but from the primary school in nearby Mutengene mission where I had been staying for a few days . |
| 10 | I am staying for a few days at the Dale End Hotel while I explore the district , and I 'd like to know about the Brownies ' Bridge , as I am to do with Brownies . ’ |
| 11 | Yes , this is what big shops , particularly in America , have now been doing for a few years , in that the till that takes your order as it were is also a computer terminal on line to large computers somewhere else , and every time your tin of baked bins is checked out by the girl on the till , it is adjusting the stocks on its large computer and saying , ‘ Hey , we 're going to run out of baked beans at approximately ten o'clock tomorrow morning . |
| 12 | The Hagen Biolife filter in our office tank has been running for a few weeks now , and one or two little problems have shown up . |
| 13 | Carole Rue , BT 's network services development manager , said : ‘ Although the trial has only been running for a few weeks we 're most encouraged by the initial response from our customers . |
| 14 | They become quite unconscious of what they are doing for a few seconds , and yet insist that they want to carry on and learn to fly . |
| 15 | Excuse me I 've got not exactly hay-fever but I think I 'm going to be sneezing for a few minutes . |
| 16 | You need to be able to get into the turn quickly and accurately , and to be flying within a few knots of the pre-stall buffet . |
| 17 | Again my mind wandered from my polishing and back onto the job I would be doing in a few hours . |
| 18 | I 'll be talking in a few moments time about aviation travel and the risks and , indeed , the trends that are being reflected at the present time , but erm before we move to that let's just think about those of us who perhaps have decided we wo n't go abroad . |
| 19 | I know Amy went to see it when it was at the Palace , I 'm talking about a few years ago , |
| 20 | I sha n't see you again — I 'm leaving in a few moments to drive down to Kildare . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's not that early — I 've been up for ages , and I 'm leaving in a few minutes . |
| 22 | HD-DOMS runs on Data General , Sun and IBM Corp workstations , and an HP-UX version will be shipping within a few weeks . |
| 23 | HD-DOMS runs on Data General , Sun and IBM workstations , and an HP/UX version will be shipping within a few weeks . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I 'm retiring in a few months Daphne said quietly . |
| 26 | This is obviously easier if you are fishing with a few friends who are prepared to let you move in if they locate the fish first . |
| 27 | You are talking of a few pennies ’ pittance added to my weekly wage . |
| 28 | But I read in an article this morning ( 'Students set to pay full fees ' , 29 September ) that if I were applying in a few years ' time , I would have to ask my parents to pay the full cost of my tuition . |
| 29 | Jack and Alison were going for a few days to Amsterdam . |
| 30 | It was nearly dark when we left Fontanellato and , with no lights about , it was hard to know where we were going after a few kilometres . |