Example sentences of "[prep] a [det] [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Sorry , I run a health spa in Scotland and I see an awful lot of women who obviously come in for some slight improvement but quite frankly it is the stress factor that shows in the face that does n't make them quite so beautiful because their personalities comes across for when their stressed it shows in their face and I notice when they leave only after a few days the stress has gone and their personality shines through and their far more beautiful . |
| 32 | After a few days the household would be creeping around ‘ not to disturb Dad ’ who was sulking in his room bored to death with his family , and the children would be trying to comfort a depressed and weeping Mum who had so looked forward to her handsome popular brilliant husband 's return and did n't know what she had done wrong . |
| 33 | Then after a few miles the engine stopped again . |
| 34 | In this case the spin itself was quite normal , and after a few turns the pilot initiated the recovery by applying the full opposite rudder and then moving the stick forwards . |
| 35 | After a few yards the greenery opened out again beside a small lake . |
| 36 | After a few yards the sea appears once more on your left , and in the distance , a railway viaduct crossing the bay . |
| 37 | After a few seconds a second fin appeared . |
| 38 | After a few seconds the attitude should be allowed to steepen up gradually and smoothly until the full climbing angle is reached . |
| 39 | ( After a few seconds the rudder must be recentralised to avoid getting to high speeds with full rudder applied . ) |
| 40 | He could hear the car , distantly , and after a few seconds the sound of its motor faded away . |
| 41 | After a few seconds the voice began again , stronger now and more resolute . |
| 42 | After a few seconds the red lights on my suit turned to green . |
| 43 | After a few seconds the novice , with tea spilling out of the cup and down his arms , cried , ‘ stop ! no more will go in ’ . |
| 44 | After a few seconds the Luggage got up and pattered across the floor after them . |
| 45 | After a few seconds the panel in front of him rose up . |
| 46 | But holding the copper after a few seconds the heat all the heat 'd be transmitted through |
| 47 | After a few months the initial enthusiasm for d-i-y started to wane , and the pace slowed right down as most of the rooms were completed . |
| 48 | After a few months the Girls would be sent to perform in casinos , mainly dotted round the south of France and Monte Carlo . |
| 49 | After a few months the three girls began to settle down . |
| 50 | After a few months the child 's speech improved but later a specialist advised there was need of a further operation . |
| 51 | After a few weeks the final — and expected — decision was made and Shanaz was sent back to Pakistan , frightened and uncertain about the future . |
| 52 | After a few weeks the foal gains sufficient confidence to start establishing friendships with other foals , and as the weeks pass it will spend more time with them , and less with its mother — unless it is frightened , and then it will dash back to her side for security and reassurance . |
| 53 | After a few weeks the time log sheets are analysed for you by a specialist who duly reports back on how you have been spending your time . |
| 54 | Webbed feet were not designed for mountaineering , but after a few weeks the ducks had devised a method of hopping up the stairs one at a time , eating every morsel of bread along the way , until finally they were actually in my bedroom . |
| 55 | After a few weeks the female was observed ‘ glancing ’ off the side of the male and both were developing breeding coloration . |
| 56 | They would tour all over the country for wages of a few shillings a week . |
| 57 | And in the course of a few hours the softly spoken , silver-haired woman had made her feel as though they had always been friends . |
| 58 | Though in our recent study of Adoption Allowances which involved many older children we did not set out to test the issues under discussion , nevertheless some of the 52 children we interviewed maintained a link with a member of the original family whilst in the case of a few others a ‘ clean break ’ approach was followed by agencies . |
| 59 | In the space of a few days an apartment building is burned down by drug dealers who suspect a rival crack gang of operating in its basement . |
| 60 | Myxomatosis first shows as a swelling of eyes , ears and vent , and in the course of a few days the eyes fill with pus and the rabbit loses its sight . |