Example sentences of "it [verb] only a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It moves slowly , wearily and as if to ensure that you understand that it is tired ; it goes only a few degrees above the horizon , making a long , low arc . |
| 2 | So do we understand from that that in the event it made only a few seconds difference , if at all ? |
| 3 | With me it has done well not only in a sheltered , sunny position ( the best conditions ) but also in a place where it has only a few hours of direct sunshine each day . |
| 4 | It takes only a few minutes . |
| 5 | If the skin is healthy , it takes only a few minutes for the molecules to be absorbed ; much longer if the skin is congested or if there is much subcutaneous fat . |
| 6 | It takes only a few minutes down to the shore , and I stop by the pier where one or two herring gulls are sitting rather listlessly , and a couple of hooded crows are poking about on the beach . |
| 7 | It takes only a few minutes to carry out this simple exercise , but it will greatly improve your ability to recognise genuinely lost coins when your search head passes over them . |
| 8 | It needed only a few moments , and a touch of magi-glue , to insert the cylinder as par of the pedestal . |
| 9 | It seems only a few weeks ago , but is probably about a year , since I , through Points of View , had to draw attention to the Department of Transport 's annual statistics bulletin , The Allocation of Road Track Costs . |
| 10 | It took only a few minutes to pack their belongings . |
| 11 | It took only a few minutes for the Doctor to break down and analyse the strangely oily powder , using the lateral molecular rectifier to be absolutely certain . |
| 12 | It took only a few minutes to run to the kitchen and request Agnes Diggory to take Lady Merchiston 's luncheon tray straight upstairs when it was ready , and then Theda passed out of the house into the early warmth of a sunny April day , Hector charging ahead . |
| 13 | As the launch and the bows of the sinking yacht were now almost level it took only a few seconds to transfer the six survivors — another had joined the group of five that Talbot had seen — aboard the launch . |
| 14 | It took only a few seconds to order six droids and a goods transporter to the 65th level cargo bay . |
| 15 | It took only a few seconds for Benny to rush on and spot her unknowing guides . |
| 16 | When a cosmic-ray encounters solid matter then in most cases it penetrates only a few millimetres and leaves a detectable track . |
| 17 | This suggests that although the blast that killed them was intensely hot , it lasted only a few moments , not long enough to ignite fabrics . |
| 18 | A short downpour drenched us , but it lasted only a few minutes . |
| 19 | The touch of cynicism struck a slightly sour note , but it lasted only a few seconds before the teasing tone was back . |
| 20 | It lasted only a few seconds , vivid enough to temporarily subdue any discord until their habitual attitudes towards each other slid into place again . |