Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adv] 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 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 .
3 You know , it happens quite a few times , does n't it ?
4 While the first group of dogs feeds — it takes just a few seconds for them to finish the bowls , right down to the lick clean — I huff on my fingers , more hopefully than knowingly .
5 It takes just a few seconds to alter CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to make these changes .
6 It takes just a few seconds , but it gives horses better security for life .
7 On the tips it takes just a few years .
8 It takes only a few minutes .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 When a cosmic-ray encounters solid matter then in most cases it penetrates only a few millimetres and leaves a detectable track .
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