Example sentences of "[prep] a few [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and then jegs and after a few five minutes |
| 2 | You 'll no worry about that Rocastle business after a few wee snifters of Teachers ’ … |
| 3 | The troops , expecting to be ‘ home by Christmas ’ after a few gallant cavalry charges , held an impressive open air church parade in the Recreation Field and in late August the town gave a lively send off to a detachment of the ‘ Kings Own ’ . |
| 4 | After a few hundred yards , he sought sanctuary in a nearby house . |
| 5 | Park after a few hundred metres and don your mountain boots for the approach — and all of two minutes . |
| 6 | During the first few tens of Ma Jupiter would cool so quickly that it hardly matters what the initial temperatures were provided that they were at least a few times 10 000 K. After a few hundred Ma , the exact time depending on the initial temperatures but in any case a small fraction of Jupiter 's lifetime , the rate of cooling would be far less . |
| 7 | Now the flagship has been sunk , more quickly than the Mary Rose , but unlike that ship it will not come up again , even after a few hundred years . |
| 8 | By whatever means possible , will the right hon. Gentleman get in touch with Ministers to ensure that , if it is right for the Government to gain publicity over Christmas for looking after a few hundred homeless , it should be right to do something about them now so that they are not turned out on the streets ? |
| 9 | However , she leaves more cheerfully after a few choice words from one of the boys suggesting that her photograph should be changed because it does n't do her justice . |
| 10 | I was still crying when I put on my boots and picked up my kitbag ; and after a few desperate embraces I burst out into the stars and the snow — the constellations of snow , the blizzard of stars . |
| 11 | Three or four minutes later he heard a female with an Irish accent enquiring who wanted her : after a few cheery exchanges with the other inmates , she arrived at his pen . |
| 12 | Maybe after a few thousand years of marmot for breakfast , dinner and tea they fancied a change . |
| 13 | After a few polite words , Sophie was about to do the same when Giles said , ‘ Do n't go . |
| 14 | If these were inappropriate then bewilderment and anxiety occurred and the interaction tended to be terminated after a few limited responses leaving a residual sense of uncertainty , displeasure and frustration . |
| 15 | During the week ashore you meet your companions and after a few discreet words the lead crew sorts you out . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | A secondary stage follows after a few more months and manifests itself by a rash on the face and body . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I negotiated my way to Piccadilly — those illuminations are a splendid sight — and after a few more adventures finally arrived at the Savoy . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Monica made her comment to Tweed when Buchanan and Warden had left after a few more minutes ' conversation . |
| 23 | After a few more months on other farms , he would be ready to start farming himself . |
| 24 | She broke her vow of silence a bit desperately , though , after a few more minutes . |
| 25 | The pool water was working wonders on her ankle and after a few more minutes she tested its strength . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Sir Laurie Barratt of Barratt 's Homes set his architects to work at once and , after a few initial hiccups , the message has filtered through . |
| 28 | Lacking nose-wheel steering , directional control is achieved by differential braking , but this was not difficult after a few initial experimental wiggles — although even at the end of the day I still found myself pointlessly pushing the rudder pedals on the corners . |
| 29 | After a few initial displays of outraged incomprehension , Brian had been forced to accept this as a fact of life , explaining to his colleagues and superiors , with a wry smile , that Constance was a friend of his wife 's : his wife had a taste for the eccentric , since she was the daughter of a famous artist , and , oddly enough , believe it or not , Constance was a skilled silversmith . |
| 30 | Charles rose and after a few mumbled words about thanks , and keeping in touch , and being cheerful , and seeing himself out , he left . |