Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some stopped dividing after a few hours and remained generalised in form and in dense clusters . |
| 2 | He came into the kitchen after a few moments and she turned away , wandering to the far side to get away from him , battling with the sudden incredible desire to break down and sob like a little girl who had done the wrong thing yet again . |
| 3 | He returned after a few minutes and put the tray on a low table by his chair . |
| 4 | He gave up farming and opened a restaurant in Glasgow but his new businesses failed after a few years and he left Scotland to live in Rugby until his death in 1937 . |
| 5 | He left after a few days as I said . |
| 6 | If there is no luck after a few days or the child is showing antagonism to the potty then the parent should leave the training for a few more weeks . |
| 7 | After a few days or weeks , the sulphur particles are precipitated as rain or snow . |
| 8 | Water again after a few days and start feeding in June . |
| 9 | Urquhart slowed after a few steps and then stopped . |
| 10 | Anyway , the fact is that if it had n't rained in Japan , if he had n't withdrawn from the race after a few laps and waited until the weather improved , he , not James Hunt , would have been champion . |
| 11 | After a few gigs and demos in the late '80s , they eventually — with the help of local soulmates American Music Club — came to the attention of 4AD 's Ivo Watts-Russell , who , enraptured , put out six of these demos from 1989 –'90; as the ‘ Down Colorful Hill ’ album last September . |
| 12 | The ball is kicked or thrown to the highlighted player either after a few seconds or when the fire button is pressed with the joystick i neutral . |
| 13 | But we want to review it after a few months because as I say , once she 's got herself organized , it might be alright . |
| 14 | After a few months though he seemed to accept the situation . |
| 15 | She left after a few months and had a home tutor . |
| 16 | Although change in weight is very noticeable after a few months or a year , it simply is not detectable by just looking at physical shape on a daily basis . |
| 17 | We also stopped after a few paces and turned to look back at her . |
| 18 | And I learned after a few weeks that how he got this was There was no weather forecast as we know them now you know on the television . |
| 19 | They took the net down after a few weeks but kept it handy , you know . |
| 20 | She lost her job after a few weeks and what little money my Dad had left quickly went on drugs and booze . |
| 21 | ‘ After a few weeks though they went back to school and I started my course again . |
| 22 | After a few pleasantries and the shaking of many hands , I accompanied the column for a short distance along the road . |
| 23 | So let's have about six different characters , before we do it I 'd like you need drafting books , just to think of a few questions that you would ask the characters . |
| 24 | Acne may be a case of a few spots and blackheads , or it can be a highly distressing skin disease with redness , inflammation , pimples and even scarring . |
| 25 | You get the feeling that this is a film made as a gift from the writers to Brando , who probably fancied the idea of a few laughs before it 's too late . |
| 26 | You get the feeling that this is a film made as a gift from the writers to Brando , who probably fancied the idea of a few laughs before it 's too late . |
| 27 | Similarly , in the case of a local authority , formal authority to make decisions will rest with the full council ; but in reality it may well be that power is in the hands of a few councillors and chief officers such that the locus of decision making may be far removed from the full council meeting . |
| 28 | The polygenic nature of ageing contains a baleful message for gerontologists ; it is most unlikely that engineering of a few genes or intervention in a handful of physiological pathways will prevent the process from occurring . |
| 29 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |
| 30 | No I 'm not : first I 'm going to wander round Bristol and try and get myself a job , then I 'm going to persuade the manager to give me an advance of a few pounds so I can get myself something to eat and find somewhere to stay . |