Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ This young lad was getting people to mind Sam for a few days at a time . |
| 32 | 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 . ’ |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | Initially for a few days at a time , then for weeks , and eventually whole months . |
| 35 | ‘ I 'll stay for a few days at least — if she can put up with me . ’ |
| 36 | Now I was talking to your Doctor who was wondering whether we might want to go out for a few beers at some point |
| 37 | ‘ You 'll notice that this ‘ fridge opens from right to left , so the door would conceal the identity of anyone entering the kitchen for a few seconds at least . |
| 38 | The crowded church was silent for a few seconds at these words no citizen of Decin had ever heard before . |
| 39 | The wind group , as we have said , less frequently stands alone , and then only for a few bars at a time . |
| 40 | ‘ There will be enough wages to keep you all for a few weeks at least , until you have a chance to find another situation . |
| 41 | For a few weeks at a time , staff and Library visitors will be able to see a succession of paintings from this talented group . |
| 42 | They 'll work in France for a few weeks at a time staying in hotels . |
| 43 | For a while Elaine was cared for by young volunteers who used to come and stay with her for a few months at a time . |
| 44 | Of the three , the split between Sampras , 20 and Brandi , from whom he parted for a few months at the end of 1990 , was the greatest surprise . |
| 45 | Central Office tried to keep the local parties alive , for the party truce was only renewed for a few months at a time and parliament was prolonged beyond its five-year term only for a few months at a time too . |
| 46 | Central Office tried to keep the local parties alive , for the party truce was only renewed for a few months at a time and parliament was prolonged beyond its five-year term only for a few months at a time too . |
| 47 | After completing his studies at Glasgow University , Gavin worked for a few months at a salmon farm near Ft William , checking for virus infection . |
| 48 | She had enough tins in the larder to see them through a few days at least . |
| 49 | They concern spoken discourse in which sender and receiver interact with each other rapidly , and they tend to be short and deal with a few turns at most . |
| 50 | By 1985 the average had dropped but the spread was narrower , with a few exceptions at the extremes ( the Manchester Evening News with 300,000 and the Darlington Evening Echo with 12,000 ) . |
| 51 | With our all-purpose Lloyds bankcard ( Visa/cashcard/ cheque guarantee card ) we were able to obtain up to our daily maximum limit on any one day , in US$ , within a few minutes at the bank . |
| 52 | However , whereas years of training and practice were usually needed to master the many and complex skills of recombinant DNA technology , the complete beginner can start to perform polymerase chain reaction experiments and generate meaningful results within a few days at most — hence the explosion of activity . |
| 53 | The process can be unpleasant and dangerous if unsupervised , but with medical , nursing and family help most people can ‘ detox ’ surprisingly easily within a few days at home or , if necessary , in hospital , without untoward symptoms . |
| 54 | ‘ Apart from a few people at the Kremlin and at Number Ten , you and I are the only people who know of the situation . ’ |
| 55 | In August , 1952 , more than nine inches fell in a few hours at Lynmouth , Devon . |
| 56 | But , put in a few pages at the end of chapters , they are rather an ‘ add-on ’ . |
| 57 | This striking result led to further investigations , and it was noticed that one drop of the diluted nasal mucus added to 1 c.c. of a thick suspension of the cocci caused their complete disappearance in a few minutes at 37°C . |
| 58 | Doubtless many iron workers put in a few days at a time on different sites ; until quite recently putting out much of the work to contract in small stints on a ‘ labour-only ’ basis was a regular practice in mineral extraction , so leading tax collectors to class earnings as profits rather than wages . |
| 59 | It is exceptionally ironic still to find children in a culture which has fathered half the popular music in the modern world , condemned to drone away in their music lessons over nineteenth-century hymn tunes , with dancing relegated to a few minutes at the conclusion of the physical education lessons . |
| 60 | Bloody film star he ought to be , not a and he you see him on the television , he 's been on a few times at night ! |