Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The opportunity to escape from Reine appealed to Jean-Claude , even though he had been back for only a few weeks . |
| 32 | The first is to design and construct local services for the majority of mentally disordered people who live in their own homes and who may use mental health services for only a few weeks every few years . |
| 33 | Some may bloom for only a few weeks , but their display is beautiful . |
| 34 | Although the scheme was run for only a few weeks , more than 1,000 pairs of spectacles were collected from BNFL sites . |
| 35 | He pointed out the importance of having both long and short term memory — ‘ you do n't want to clutter up your brain with information that is irrelevant long term ’ , he said , giving as an example the way you would look at traffic approaching as you crossed a street — you need to recall the situation for only a few seconds . |
| 36 | The embrace lasts for only a few seconds as the eggs are expelled immediately and fertilised by the male . |
| 37 | Despite having been in the open for only a few seconds , they had been soaked . |
| 38 | She put her hands against her face , thinking , ‘ I shall stand this for only a few seconds more , then I shall leave . ’ |
| 39 | Wash the specimens gently in two changes of distilled water ( not tap water , which contains Fe and Ca ) for only a few seconds at a time — the stains are relatively soluble . |
| 40 | If hypnotics are prescribed , enough tablets for only a few nights should be given at any one time and the medication stopped once the period of distress is over . |
| 41 | This stage resembles planning your essay outline , and could give you your necessary paragraph headings ( particularly since an exam essay gives room for only a few paragraphs ) . |
| 42 | The Russian Federation is a new state , which has existed for only a few months . |
| 43 | In the first months , when hostilities were expected to last for only a few months , party activity was hardly affected at all . |
| 44 | The mines at Sar-i-Sang were situated at over 8,500 feet and could be operated for only a few months in the year . |
| 45 | He had been in the States for only a few months . |
| 46 | It was good to be able to demonstrate that I did know something about handling animals even though I had been qualified for only a few months . |
| 47 | In all this time Kiev itself was in the hands of the short-lived Ukrainian Republic for only a few months . |
| 48 | Bernard the chamberlain held his high office for only a few months , in 829 – 30 . |
| 49 | Apollinaris survived for only a few months , and on his death Theuderic had Quintianus installed as bishop , apparently on the grounds that the saint had been driven from Rodez because of his loyalty to the Frankish king . |
| 50 | Here they had to part with their horses , for of course there could be accommodation for only a few animals in this castle itself . |
| 51 | Then , many had the bad luck to be infected whereas here we are talking about only a few people . |
| 52 | Buddie had taken out his little silver tin and was in the process of rolling one of those thin straggly cigarettes that flared when lit and vanished after only a few puffs . |
| 53 | The initiating processes in all these interactions are referred to as biological interface conversion processes and can be easily studied in the eye because contact lenses can be removed and analysed after only a few minutes ' wear . |
| 54 | John Rhead arrived and , after only a few minutes , we knew we had found a genuine birder . |
| 55 | She thought they had started from different points , although she had wanted to marry him after only a few meetings because he ‘ felt good to be with ’ . |
| 56 | At present , the executive takes decisions to release some murderers after only a few years and to keep others in prison for extremely long periods . |
| 57 | Although walls can be initially quite expensive , they require very little maintenance , little or no staffing and draw in many user visits ( 10,000 per year in Glasgow , 6,000 per year in Fort William ) thus paying for themselves after only a few years . |
| 58 | The last great campaign to revise social style — the so-called anti-spiritual pollution drive six years ago - petered out after only a few months when even the party leadership acknowledged it had more important things to worry about than enforcing short hair and dreary clothes . |
| 59 | When I was pregnant , and we did not have this constantly changing situation of togetherness and separation , my husband complained that I had not noticed him kissing me goodbye in the morning — I was starting to take him for granted after only a few months without going to the mikva ! |
| 60 | Mr Kim , a former dissident who had been jailed by a military regime , was reluctant to pick a fight with the brass after only a few months in office . |