Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] of [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like to take a few moments of your time … |
| 2 | I would be most grateful if you could spare me a few moments of your time . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm sure you can spare me a few moments of your time . ’ |
| 4 | Few of us would be surprised to find an interviewer on our doorstep asking us to give a few moments of our time " to answer one or two questions " on our voting habits , which TV programmes we watch or which washing powder we use . |
| 5 | A few memories of your adolescence , in Swallow , was pretty safe territory . ’ |
| 6 | Volunteers need only provide a few hours of their time a week to be trained as a tutor . |
| 7 | I am doing my best , but I wish a few more would give a few hours of their time . , . |
| 8 | If you live in the Wallingford area and have a railway interest perhaps you might like to join this enthusiastic group and give them a few hours of your time . |
| 9 | Hari returned to the attack , ‘ A few hours of your time , that 's all . ’ |
| 10 | It will only take a few hours of your time . |
| 11 | A few hours of your time can make the Fund a fortune so please phone Jane Milligan . |
| 12 | We would readily accept that a few members of our profession have , on occasion , behaved deplorably . |
| 13 | A few strokes of his pen brought out all the Irishness of an Irishman ; proud lean faces were a speciality . |
| 14 | I have seen an old lighterman take a loaded barge across the Thames in the Pool of London with a few strokes of his sweep — and a canny use of the tide . |
| 15 | Have n't these candidates got the guts to face up to the voters who elect them to Parliament and spare us a few minutes of their time . |
| 16 | The Ministers and the Court dignitaries were on the platform to make their farewells , which the Emperor had insisted be short and restrained , so that within a few minutes of his arrival he and his son were on board and the train left to cries of ‘ Vive l'Empereur ! ’ |
| 17 | If we find him for you , I fancy we 'd value a few minutes of his time ourselves , if we find him … ’ |
| 18 | In real-time only seconds had passed , not much more time than it would have taken to see if he was in and ask him for a few minutes of his time . |
| 19 | If you do not like a coffee house you have lost only the price of a cup of coffee and a few minutes of your time . |
| 20 | Some are quite a major commitment , some a small but regular commitment , others no more than an hour or even a few minutes of your time . |
| 21 | Inspector Montgomery asks if you would be kind enough to step into the library when you 've finished your coffee , and give him a few minutes of your time . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm very sorry to bother you , ’ Jackson said smoothly , ‘ But I 'd like a few minutes of your time . |
| 23 | ‘ May I steal a few minutes of your time on this unique occasion and go back to November 22 , 1944 when nine Mosquitos from our Squadron were briefed to mark the U-Boat pens at Trondheim for 171 Lancasters . |
| 24 | I 'm sorry to intrude on you at this hour , but if you can give me a few minutes of your time you may be able to help me , and I 'll be very much obliged . ’ |
| 25 | There 's a few things of yer father 's you might like to keep . ’ |
| 26 | In the latest example of this phenomenon , high on the massive granite sweep of South Ridge on Arran 's Cir Mhor , a pristine copy of Howett 's Constable compendium decided to play truant — and landed , incredibly , within a few feet of my rucksack below , leaving us to puzzle out the route unaided . |
| 27 | ‘ I was just wondering how , when a few women of my acquaintance would shrink in horror from such a confection , you manage to down such delights , while at the same time maintain such a slender and perfect shape . ’ |
| 28 | Please let solicitors deal with everything , and also , please believe me when I say that I want nothing but a few mementos of my father . |
| 29 | As well as the noise the couple would have to put up with a landfill site within a few yards of their garden . |
| 30 | Those coming in from the sea do the same thing in reverse , leaving the wheel with a sideways dive when they are within a few yards of their nest-hole . |