Example sentences of "or [verb] [prep] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the detailed factual material learned in the sixth form is forgotten or superseded within a few years . |
| 2 | All anencephalus children are either miscarried , die stillborn , or die within a few weeks of life . |
| 3 | After his death many were given away or sold for a few pounds , and he was largely ignored as a painter until in 1987 six examples of his work were loaned to an exhibition entitled ‘ A Paradise Lost ’ at the Barbican Art Gallery , devoted to the neo-Romantic movement . |
| 4 | This is total rubbish , as if the body is to be buried or cremated within a few days after death , no such risk exists . |
| 5 | Add the margarine or butter and rub in with your hands or blend for a few seconds . |
| 6 | On at least a morning a week at ‘ family specialist ’ hotels , children are collected , given breakfast and taken on a trip or entertained for a few hours so their parents can enjoy a morning on their own . |
| 7 | In the British test-tube baby programme , viable embryos are either implanted or destroyed after a few days . |