Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [prep] [art] [det] " 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 It was rare to have six Black gays working politically and personally together in the same workplace and that helped me integrate my identity as a Black lesbian .
7 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 .
8 At this time I was at a loss to understand how it managed to hover for so long in the same place .
9 The accommodationist states were inhibited by the rejectionist ones and were not strong enough militarily without the latter to be credible .
10 He said : ‘ He took a chance coming in here , I was only away for a few minutes .
11 I like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian , we 've been hearing and seeing and been challenged and accepting Christ as our saviour and over the week in Harlow a number made that response and not only in Harlow and in Earls Court but right across the country and into Europe and into Africa as well , through the , through the life link , men and women who have been challenged into accepting Jesus Christ as their saviour and I 'd like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian now obviously as we perhaps know er , and , and , and God work clearly shows to us that it is not in being religion , somebody well said that religion is man 's attempt to find God but the gospel is God 's method of seeking out and finding men and so just as the same as you 've seen that bridge of life illustration and we try with our planks to get across to God we ca n't make it ,
12 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 .
13 Arsenal , having won the Cup and two Championships in four years , could not go on for much longer with the same team , and in 1933 Chapman 's major concern was to find replacements to keep the club on top .
14 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 .
15 Mr you 'll spoi you 'll spoil us when I saw this tonight I thought we I got ta say something because Martin is coming up with the er same motion as it was last time , it was not much different so probably with the same reply 's got ta be made and that is that the Labour party is not the caring party , everyone here , I 'm sure the Liberals as well as the Conservatives care we are a caring party as much as you are and we are concerned , we are concerned about , we are concerned about
16 It was the latest blow in what has proved an unhappy first season so far for the former England striker and Grampus in the new J.League 10-club championship , launched on May 15 .
17 Fortunately there are now many people who think this is wrong , and they do so mainly for the same reason , that is , because the ‘ god ’ spoken of has never been explained in a manner which they themselves can easily understand and believe in .
18 ‘ Katherine , you 'll be pleased to know that I 'm only here for a few days .
19 The roots of all this , it was agreed , lay deep in British history — perhaps in the moral nihilism of the 1960s , perhaps in the collectivism of the 1940s , perhaps in the decline of the entrepreneurial spirit in the late Victorian period , perhaps even in the many centuries of geographical isolation and freedom from foreign occupation behind the barrier of sea power .
20 ‘ We were only there for a few weeks .
21 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 .
22 The Boston Compact was essentially about employability , ( although there were some initial allusions to community regeneration ) ; the two key funding UK government departments are obviously principally about the same thing .
23 So apart from a few minutes to snatch a bite to eat , he was seldom off the helm .
24 Then you can simply release your grip and back slowly away over a few paces .
25 ‘ I had gathered the impression that the Prince had intended to be away only for a few days , ’ said Mahmoud .
26 For this reason they are not so popular with knitters who have standard gauge machines and they do n't seem to have caught on for chunky machines , possibly because they are too thick for the former and not thick enough for the latter .
27 I 'm just here for a few short months .
28 Even if you were only a few hundred miles away instead of a few thousand I could not leave her .
29 In the UK , Japan and the US there have been a spate of deregulatory initiatives taken by government , and European governments are also moving more slowly in the same direction .
30 It even OK to sleep with her — whether you 're still together in the same house or living apart .
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