Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spend a few moments establishing a slow and regular breathing pattern . |
| 2 | In case librarians and information scientists feel that the first stage of Taylor 's processes of adding value is not very challenging , I feel that I should spend a few moments indicating the considerable complexity of the publicly available information resource potentially relevant to business activities . |
| 3 | Brewing up was easy — all that had to be done was to shift a few boulders to reach a hot spot lower down , and pop a billy-can of snow into the hole . |
| 4 | Finally , if he gets pain at night he should sleep on an extra pillow or raise the head of the bed a few inches to stop the gastric juices flowing upwards into his chest . |
| 5 | A few families followed a particular trade for a few generations , however . |
| 6 | Having found a comfortable Gasthof in the suburb of Spitalhof , I passed a few hours wandering the old town . |
| 7 | The only men in evidence at Group were the Met and Operations Room Officers , and a few erks to do the pen-pushing jobs . |
| 8 | Only a few demos have a specific product in mind — most are just like these … |
| 9 | In lowland England , then , only the church , the manor house , and a few cottages pre-date the Industrial Revolution . |
| 10 | So this evening , as we come to the end of one year and prepare for the next , can we spend a few minutes doing a spiritual work-out and look at the consequences of what John wrote about the uniqueness of Jesus . |
| 11 | And anyway , a few minutes studying the front panel should begin the information digestion process , and Boogie 's operating manual has been written so simply as to lead even the most nervous neophyte through the mire unscathed . |
| 12 | It took him a few minutes to find a public phone booth . |
| 13 | These correlations arise because a normal mode , although formally involving the whole molecule , may actually involve significant motions of only a few atoms constituting a discrete group , and hence have a frequency primarily determined by the group and only slightly affected by the nature of the rest of the molecule . |
| 14 | At present it 's merely a few planks covering a narrow part of a stream further along this track . ’ |
| 15 | Before I left for San Francisco I spent a few days wandering the considerable length and the decidedly inconsiderable breadth of the Canal , newest of the major approaches to Balboa 's ocean . |
| 16 | It was probably in the course of Hazlitt 's three-week visit that Joseph Cottle also arrived , finally persuaded by Coleridge and Wordsworth that he should travel down to spend a few days discussing the intended volume of poetry . |
| 17 | If so , store in a warm ( airing ) cupboard for a few days to allow the new neck position to settle . |
| 18 | The second is a slick operator , who studies his victim 's habits for a few days to establish a safe crime time . |
| 19 | Syphilis has long been labelled ‘ the great imitator ’ and there are only a few clues to prod the examining doctor into thinking of the correct diagnosis rather than some other condition . |
| 20 | He left for a few years to manage a national school , independent of the British system , but returned to read law . |
| 21 | He may have to wait a few years to enter a Tory Cabinet . |
| 22 | In a complex web of mystifying deals , Hibs were held together by a financial structure which in the space of a few years involved a local bookmaker , an English based company with extensive leisure interests in the west country and a company registered in Panama called Charcoal Holdings . |
| 23 | A British experiment in the first years of the twentieth century with commercial secretaries , diplomats detailed for a few years to make a special study of the trade of the area in which they were stationed , had little effect . |
| 24 | Such a register carefully maintained in a builder 's organisation will within a few years provide a detailed and comprehensive list of the majority of the subcontract labour available in an area , with consequent improvement in efficiency in locating a suitable work-force . |
| 25 | From Glen Spean in the north , however , the full range is splendidly in view , the distance of a few miles revealing the individual summits in true perspective . |
| 26 | A few schools used the Minor award to take on " major " challenges , while two were successful in receiving additional project funds in a subsequent year , presumably an acknowledgement that the initial diagnosis of their need was only partially informed . |
| 27 | A few schools mentioned the expanding remit of senior staff as ‘ a worrying situation ’ and implications for staff development of the co-ordinator were also raised : |
| 28 | Prepared in only a few weeks to satisfy an urgent need for cash on the part of Steinitz , who is building an auction house complex at Saint Ouen in the suburbs of Paris , the auction did have a catalogue covering 352 major items but without printed estimates . |
| 29 | In a few governments have a prominent role . |
| 30 | A simple solution is to use an old film canister and carry just a few hooks leaving the open box at home out of harm 's way . |