Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when Guy left her for the few seconds it took him to remove his own clothes , his murmured words of love and praise still warmed and reassured her . |
| 2 | From my viewpoint , major upgrades have to be worth the few pounds it might cost . |
| 3 | After a few attempts it will drive as normal . |
| 4 | But after a few hours it became hard to disguise . |
| 5 | After a few minutes it was the same inside . |
| 6 | Gaining height rapidly , heading east , after a few minutes it was enveloped by clouds and lost to view . ’ |
| 7 | If your symptoms do n't go away after a few minutes it is probable that you have n't caught it quickly enough and in this case you will need to use the technique of ‘ rebreathing ’ . |
| 8 | After a few minutes it will slowly and cautiously uncurl itself again . |
| 9 | Then after a few minutes it all stops . |
| 10 | The meeting broke up with mixed feelings , but after a few days it became clear that we were in business . |
| 11 | Already after a few days it became clear that the German troops had not succeeded in repulsing the Normandy landing , and that the deployment of the V1 — rapidly dubbed ‘ Versager I ’ ( ‘ Failure No . |
| 12 | After a few days it may go onto their chest or settle in the liver causing a bilious fever and even jaundice . |
| 13 | After a few sessions it was becoming clear that Henry 's impact on the scheme was reciprocal . |
| 14 | After a few seconds it cut out completely . |
| 15 | She had seen so many of the students set out from her door , awkward and anxious , and after a few weeks it was as if they had been studying there all their lives . |
| 16 | Well so that yo about Adrian after a few weeks it 's you know |
| 17 | British Telecommunications Plc said yesterday it plans to start selling satellite dishes and receivers by Christmas , making the move since it is one of the few activities it is allowed to pursue in the entertainment arena : ‘ We see it as a very important part of our wish to be part of the converging area of telephony , entertainment and computers , ’ the company told Reuter ; the company will reportedly source the equipment from two unidentified UK companies , in a move that is a significant threat to Amstrad Plc , whose shares fell tuppence to 31p . |
| 18 | She left the surgery clutching Lizzie 's collar ; in the space of a few minutes it was all she had been left with , apart from memories . |
| 19 | This raises public awareness and the press is always interested in hard statistics ; so if you can say several hundred people signed the petition in an afternoon or over the course of a few days it will undoubtedly earn you publicity . |
| 20 | In a matter of a few days it seemed , I was crying unashamedly with other City Temple folk at a prayer service arranged by Dr Weatherhead to ask God 's mercy on the people of Czechoslovakia . |
| 21 | The bathroom 's a bit chilly but once you 've put that heater on and shut the door for a few minutes it 's |
| 22 | For a few years it would undoubtedly be more expensive to cable Britain with optical-fibre links directly into the home . |
| 23 | And for a few years it had just about done so . |
| 24 | For a few years it has a monopoly in world markets and a good order book . |
| 25 | For a few years it has a monopoly in world markets and a good order book . |
| 26 | For a few seconds it was like a country church and Soapy remembered other , happier days . |
| 27 | In a political and administrative system as riddled with tradition as the British , the old model could , and probably will , be restored in the few minutes it takes a new prime minister to travel from Buckingham Palace to Downing Street . |
| 28 | For a typical car , the carpet will only be about 2 cm thick , and will be quite short-lived but in the few seconds it lasts before collapsing it will transfer most of its heat to the road . |
| 29 | Put a piece of raw meat into a stream and within a few hours it will be covered with small , flat , black worms feeding on it . |
| 30 | Within a few minutes it has to return to wet its skin and take a fresh mouthful of water . |