Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pat said quickly , " Well , we can go to 45 But surely it is all right for a few minutes here . " |
| 2 | We should be all right for a few moments as it is deeper water ; we can then make for the beach , hopefully avoiding the big dumping surf . ’ |
| 3 | She 'll be all right for a few hours . |
| 4 | A storm arrives from the west , the snow falling so thickly in a few minutes that I fear I will lose my way . |
| 5 | So much for a few of the perils — what are the pleasures ? |
| 6 | erm Anybody that 's well-organized , good at clerical operations , preferably can type a little bit even though , if only perhaps with a few fingers , erm would make a perfectly computer operator for a small firm . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ He took a chance coming in here , I was only away for a few minutes . |
| 8 | She made a mental note to check the tariff later with the receptionist — there would be little point in living so comfortably for a few weeks if the bill swallowed most of her wages at the end of it . |
| 9 | It must have been all over in a few seconds . |
| 10 | It was all over in a few minutes . |
| 11 | Battler opened up with the violin and it was all over in a few minutes . |
| 12 | so like after a few days I can her saying , oh , I 'm gon na have to go , I 'm gon na have to feed dog and they 're having it put down , they 're having it put down . |
| 13 | Yeah , and they 're only out for a few minutes and they 're fed up out there as well , and backwards and forwards like a fiddlers elbow go on I want to put those lupins in |
| 14 | ‘ Katherine , you 'll be pleased to know that I 'm only here for a few days . |
| 15 | So this morning the fat little chap in the long white coat who was sorting us out in the Dean 's Office said I 'd better come along here for a few days until they got me organized with another partner . |
| 16 | ‘ We were only there for a few weeks . |
| 17 | The owners of Land 's End are experts at the game and my friend Des Hannigan , who 's been working as a journalist down there for a few years , tells me they spray press releases at the local media with mad abandon . |
| 18 | When it got within spitting distance of Mafouz , who was now standing , arms loosely apart , mouth open , as if hypnotized by the thing 's movements , it did a sharp turn to the left , bounced along horizontally for a few yards , and then snarled up and down to land on the unfortunate boy 's head . |
| 19 | Each of the five judgments rambles over the territory in what can only be called a head-scratching way , making it impossible for the consumer of the judgment to know at the end just what the law is held to be , except negatively , and then only negatively on a few points . |
| 20 | So apart from a few minutes to snatch a bite to eat , he was seldom off the helm . |
| 21 | Then you can simply release your grip and back slowly away over a few paces . |
| 22 | The track , after leaving the ridge , went steeply down for a few yards and then turned to the right and ran diagonally across the hill for a hundred yards ; the pile of rocks was about midway on the right-hand side of this length of the track . |
| 23 | ‘ I had gathered the impression that the Prince had intended to be away only for a few days , ’ said Mahmoud . |
| 24 | This and a similar arrangement by Kenneth II for lands in Lothian came to be regarded by the English as an admission that Scottish rulers were not equals but vassals in relation not merely to a few specific regions but to the whole of Scotland — which had never been contemplated by the Scottish signatories . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm just in for a few tests , ’ he said . |
| 26 | It is a good thing to stop coffee anyway from a general health point of view but the benefits of this would only be apparent from a long term change , not just for a few days . |
| 27 | Where , then , may we look for hopeful areas of peace , ways in which this new overwhelmingly destructive and readily deployable force may be contained , not just for a few years , but in our minuscule timespan , for ever ? |
| 28 | But they hope that then the troubles in Bosnia will be resolved and the youngsters will be able to escape thoughts of war , not just for a few days , but forever . |
| 29 | The ideal of providing an adequate and satisfying secondary education for all ( and not just for the few who were fortunate enough to be able to pass a selection test at 11 ) seemed close to realisation . |
| 30 | So oligarchy meant government not simply by a few , but by a few of the " rich and well-born " ; democracy was government by the many poor . |