Example sentences of "[v-ing] in a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though natural light was obviously not an amenity they thought much of , there are traces of glazing in a few of those infrequent and shapeless holes that howl in the wind ; elsewhere , of a primitive and not altogether unsuccessful stab at ferrocrete . |
| 2 | I could n't help but imagine the scene of panic and desperation that must have taken place a few hours earlier - the young dolphin fighting and dying in a few frantic spasms , its grieving mother well able to defend her child from sharks but helpless against a silent , resisting wall of nylon . ’ |
| 3 | At first , the Sisters themselves tried knocking in a few nails or propping up walls with staves . |
| 4 | Im happy for us to stick with the present team ( when DOL fit ) , unless we start to make obvious cock ups in one postition. the team looks balanced and functional as it is … just need the forwards to start knocking in a few more goals … |
| 5 | I hope he can start knocking in a few goals because we need players who want to play for the club . |
| 6 | But I read in an article this morning ( 'Students set to pay full fees ' , 29 September ) that if I were applying in a few years ' time , I would have to ask my parents to pay the full cost of my tuition . |
| 7 | A small army of workers will be moving into C&A to start shop fitting in a few weeks ' time . |
| 8 | Due to the pilot nature of the scheme it is only operating in a few selected areas initially , which is why your parish has not been contacted . |
| 9 | As we 're gon na be commemorating and celebrating in a few moments the sacrifice to the very point of giving his own life . |
| 10 | Then start feeding in a few amendments . |
| 11 | Obviously Duncan was calling in a few debts . |
| 12 | Again my mind wandered from my polishing and back onto the job I would be doing in a few hours . |
| 13 | The Shamen are a tad pissed off that nobody seems to write about them without dropping in a few drug references . |
| 14 | The Shamen are a tad pissed off that nobody seems to write about them without dropping in a few drug references . |
| 15 | I 'll be talking in a few moments time about aviation travel and the risks and , indeed , the trends that are being reflected at the present time , but erm before we move to that let's just think about those of us who perhaps have decided we wo n't go abroad . |
| 16 | And finally , the man of the morning announced to more cheers that NeXT has joined the OMG and that NeXTStep 3.0 , shipping in a few weeks , is already fully OMG conforment mapping via IDL to the OMG object model . |
| 17 | The head man just sits there drumming his fingers , a bit embarrassed , until you have finished , whereupon the interpreter rattles off the main points , throwing in a few gestures of his or her own just to confuse things . |
| 18 | He told the owner of the pensione that he would probably be leaving in a few days and then he made his way to the station to ask about trains . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's not that early — I 've been up for ages , and I 'm leaving in a few minutes . |
| 20 | I sha n't see you again — I 'm leaving in a few moments to drive down to Kildare . |
| 21 | With on-site inspections , seals , analysis of materials , electronic surveillance and satellite links they cover some 95 per cent of the world 's nuclear installations outside the five nuclear weapon states — Britain , France , the Soviet Union and the United States , which all allow safeguards monitoring in a few of their civil installations , and China , which has signed a safeguards agreement but has not yet had a single inspection . |
| 22 | ANYONE who feels like investing in a few grams of silver should call up a certain Carroll Jones in his office in Washington . |
| 23 | I 'm retiring in a few months Daphne said quietly . |
| 24 | A little lower , a white dart seared across the top of the sky , outrunning the night , overtaking the sun , crossing in a few hours an ocean that was once the edge of the world … . |
| 25 | It is particularly this aspect of BSL structure which not only creates the concentration of meaning in a few glosses but is frequently brought into use by deaf people . |