Example sentences of "[prep] a [det] [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few attempts at checking myself by thinking of Hattie Jacques and Eric Sykes riding a tandem , I found myself back at the doctor . |
| 2 | After a few days at Broadlands , they flew to Gibraltar to join the Royal Yacht Britannia for a two-week cruise in and around the Mediterranean . |
| 3 | After a few enquiries at Brigade H.Q I presented myself outside the big house at 2 p.m. wearing kilt , polished boots ( which took some doing ) and , of course , carrying the bagpipes . |
| 4 | This suggests that , instead of a once-and-for-all decision at the end of the analysis , there may be a process of evaluation that develops with the project , and that decisions and analyses are not undertaken without consideration of prior experience . |
| 5 | ‘ Time-lapse ’ , as its name suggests , makes possible recording in bursts of a few frames at variable time intervals so that subjects such as the movement of clouds or the budding of flowers can be studied in speeded-up replay . |
| 6 | But since he can think only of a few things at a time , the routine function of his noble gift of reason must be to correct spontaneous reactions and keep them running in an intelligent direction . |
| 7 | His spoken English was perfect , as was his comprehension , the result of a few years at Oxford studying languages — four in all . |
| 8 | Sylvia comes from nine to five each weekday , and nurses are on duty between six and 10 every evening and for a few hours at the weekend . |
| 9 | If the wife is unable to take a nap in the afternoon when the children are napping , then possibly there is someone who could look after them for a few hours at least one day a week for her to regain her strength . |
| 10 | His visit lasted for a few hours at most — taking into account the time spent asleep — and the only really detailed description he gave was of the accommodation in which he slept in General Gowon 's home . |
| 11 | There was an added pleasure to this as they used the cable that connected the spy camera on the wall , so , for a few hours at least , we had some privacy . |
| 12 | Sit and wait tactics may be your best option here , for a few hours at least . |
| 13 | Solutions of the polymer are prepared in a concentration series and clarified either by centrifugation for a few hours at about 25 000 g , or filtered through a grade 5 sinter glass filter . |
| 14 | Only five or six farms were involved in this tragedy ; but for a few minutes at least we traverse fields brought into being by the high-handed action of a fifteenth-century squire , and pass by the mounds where the hamlet of Holyoak once stood . |
| 15 | The time was after eleven and he was tired but he could never sleep without reading for a few minutes at least . |
| 16 | He 'll cry long and hard , and though you can soothe him for a few minutes at a time , hours can pass without you ever really silencing the cries . |
| 17 | I remember that I left my bag on the table for a few minutes at coffee time in the afternoon . ’ |
| 18 | So in his late anthology , Confucius to Cummings ( New York , 1964 , with Marcella Spann ) , he explicitly preferred George Chapman 's Homer to pope 's , even though he had admitted that Chapman is unreadable , except for a few pages at a time . |
| 19 | Mark stood for a few moments at the corner of Parliament Street and Bridge Street . |
| 20 | He frowned down for a few moments at the damp patch on the matting at his feet , then he shook his head , as if ridding himself of some unwelcome thought , and looked up at me again . |
| 21 | Take this tiny sample : Leopold Bloom , the Dublin Jew , with his touching mixture of timorousness and courage , has looked in for a few moments at a church as a Mass is ending . |
| 22 | Missionary Kate McBeth wrote : ‘ For a few years at first Joseph was afraid to come down upon the Nez Perce reserve — afraid of the surrounding whites and because of the many indictments against him — but this fear wore off . |
| 23 | I came to know and admire Beethoven 's ‘ Pastoral ’ symphony for the scenes depicted ; I enjoyed Saint Saens ' ’ Carnival of the Animals ’ , Prokofieff 's ‘ Peter and the Wolf ’ , and Benjamin Britten 's ‘ Guide to the Orchestra ’ as well as ‘ Ein Heldenleben ’ ( A Hero 's Life ) by Richard Strauss , the symphonies of Brahms , Haydn and Tschaikowsky , and especially , for a few years at any rate , the latter 's ‘ 1812 Overture ’ . |
| 24 | But once that 's been accepted you ca n't argue with the price and this jacket 's certain to keep you warm for a few years at least . |
| 25 | We think they should be able to get jobs and hope they will stay for a few years at least . |
| 26 | The hunting of game meat , particularly in Africa , was a vital support system for the builders of the lines and , for a few years at least , for those who ran them . |
| 27 | ‘ This young lad was getting people to mind Sam for a few days at a time . |
| 28 | I am staying for a few days at the Dale End Hotel while I explore the district , and I 'd like to know about the Brownies ' Bridge , as I am to do with Brownies . ’ |
| 29 | For a few days at the beginning of August 1920 , it was widely believed that the Government was preparing to send a new British Expeditionary Force to relieve the Polish Army . |
| 30 | Initially for a few days at a time , then for weeks , and eventually whole months . |