Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few more days in Salamanca , during which you and I could do no work in common , your friends left in a great uproar of drunken invective , shouting political slogans — which fortunately were in German — against the Franco regime . |
| 2 | A secondary stage follows after a few more months and manifests itself by a rash on the face and body . |
| 3 | After a few more minutes of ribald banter on our part we were startled by a flash to starboard and an explosion as a six-pound shell whizzed across our bows . |
| 4 | Three of them heaved the bulk over on to the high rocks and after a few more buckets of water , they stood back to inspect it further . |
| 5 | I negotiated my way to Piccadilly — those illuminations are a splendid sight — and after a few more adventures finally arrived at the Savoy . |
| 6 | By the end of the afternoon , after a few more pints , he gets involved in a Q&A challenge — he says he 'll answer any question , so long as I keep them coming . |
| 7 | Monica made her comment to Tweed when Buchanan and Warden had left after a few more minutes ' conversation . |
| 8 | After a few more months on other farms , he would be ready to start farming himself . |
| 9 | She broke her vow of silence a bit desperately , though , after a few more minutes . |
| 10 | The pool water was working wonders on her ankle and after a few more minutes she tested its strength . |
| 11 | I think that erm he 's almost there , we shall be able to award him his proficiency badge for his locksmithing after a few more tests . |
| 12 | The site is particularly important because it is one of the few such castles to have developed out of an earlier Norman stone-built ring-work fort . |
| 13 | However , in dodder the production of a few such coils usually triggers the development of haustoria which eventually establish the supply lines with the host . |
| 14 | I do n't think I really minded what happened , though certainly the thought of a few more cannon shells flying past me did n't exactly cheer me up . |
| 15 | And the tutor 's impressions of one student are unlikely to remain vivid after he/she has looked at the work of a few more students . |
| 16 | For that , the election of a few more pro-privatisation politicians would help . |
| 17 | We 're in desperate need of a few more tenors for the choir . ’ |
| 18 | But the way he works at his game , do n't rule out the possibility of a few more wonder balls this summer . |
| 19 | It should be remembered that in this chapter we are dealing only with stress within the word ; this means that we are looking at words as they are said in isolation , which is a rather artificial situation — we do not often say words in isolation , except for a few such as ‘ yes ’ , ‘ no ’ , ‘ possibly ’ , ‘ please ’ and interrogative words such as ‘ what ’ , ‘ who ’ , etc. , but looking at words in isolation does help us to see stress placement and stress levels more clearly than studying them in the context of continuous speech . |
| 20 | Despite this , at lunchtime Kathleen presented me with four hours ' pay and pressed me for a few more details to help her with her enquiries . |
| 21 | I lay on the ground for a few more moments , then continued on my way through the trees in the direction of Brigade Headquarters , pondering on the likely thoughts of Colonel Peter Young and his three Officers back there on the hill . |
| 22 | We freeze and drown worms for a few more minutes . |
| 23 | But officials insist that Poland 's national telephone company , PTTP , will be protected only for a few more years and will then be left to go bankrupt if it can not compete against privately owned network operators . |
| 24 | ‘ Dr Strangelove ’ was not to be imagined for a few more years but it was n t reassuring to learn that nuclear submarine crews were supplied with pistols with which to shoot any shipmate who showed signs of wanting to fire an unauthorized missile . |
| 25 | It is a good idea to do this for a few more days before the horse travels . |
| 26 | I took a siesta in the shade , and when evening rolled around was feeling fit enough to head back into Bandera for a few more beers at the Silver Dollar . |
| 27 | If you leave the vehicle , the heat from the engine soaks into the carb and thaws it out for a few more miles . |
| 28 | ‘ We are both talking nonsense , let us continue to do so for a few more minutes . |
| 29 | If we can do that and if we can hold the dam , as it were , for a few more years , that will give us time to assemble the ethical arguments against whaling , and to get them diffused further in the world . |
| 30 | I still had my navy blue greatcoat , and went to the billeting officer for a few more blankets . |