Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun pl] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few minutes with Mr Malik , Robert himself quite often felt like making the frighteningly short journey from doubt to belief . |
| 2 | ‘ After a few days with me he starts to calm down and see things in perspective again , ’ she reveals . |
| 3 | After a few drinks with my friend , I felt better . |
| 4 | After a few words with her husband she shook hands with me , kissed him on both cheeks , and then quickly disappeared down the cellar , leaving the two of us to finish off the champagne and burgundy . |
| 5 | Susan caught up with her after a few words with Mr Darling . |
| 6 | She was referred back to the medical clinic after a few months with the same clinical findings . |
| 7 | If it had steeled itself to cross this threshold ( as Yemen bravely did a month ago ) , Egypt might today be afflicted by nothing worse than a bad case of anti-incumbency — hardly surprising after a dozen years with the same tired face at the top . |
| 8 | Pennano had leaked an " alternative economic plan " , advocating indexation of salaries and key prices and the creation of a new inti with a fixed parity against the US dollar . |
| 9 | Suggested drawbacks of a sylvopastoral systems with pigs include the need to protect the trees from the damaging behaviours of the animals , wet patches under trees and increased difficulty in stockman control of the herd . |
| 10 | The custodianship of the path had become the prerogative of a few specialists with a fund of empirical knowledge which they gravely applied to securing the smooth passage of the Wheel . |
| 11 | I know the erm , remarks made about getting extra people to register and to have their green card , I 'm probably one of a few councillors with a green card . |
| 12 | Nor was it powerful enough , outside of a few streets with Prussian generals ' names , to force through a genuinely modern network of boulevards . |
| 13 | Virginia like most of the mainland colonies consisted of a few ports with an extensive hinterland that was left untouched until the coastal sections had been fairly fully settled . |
| 14 | We flew back to Mahe and straight on to Praslin for a stay of a few days with the intention of taking day-trips to the smaller islands of Cousin and La Digue . |
| 15 | Making out it was all so serious , instead of a few smokes with other kids and a little shop-lifting to pay for it . |
| 16 | As we did not perform endoscopy in this control group , we can not rule out the inclusion of a few patients with gastritis . |
| 17 | Even If you are not religious , it is a welcome chance for social contact and the exchange of a few pleasantries with him . |
| 18 | My celebration consisted of a few beers with my caddie friends at Edinburgh station and on the night train . |
| 19 | But , despite the much-publicized flirtations of a few aristocrats with the centre parties , the Tories are still the natural home for the landed gentry . |
| 20 | The Exchange discourages the use of equity shares with no or restricted voting rights , so this can not normally be used as a device to retain control amongst a few shareholders with voting rights . |
| 21 | A wheel designed just to go on turning , never stopping , so that for a hundred years with a hundred more to follow , she had been coming out of this cottage doorway , carrying her carpet-bag , filling her lungs with this damp , sooty air which had started to make Liam cough , reminding herself — as one simply had to do — to be thankful for such mercies as came her way , however small . |
| 22 | Add the rice and saffron and sauté for a few minutes with the onion until opaque . |
| 23 | I showered and then decided to lie in a hot bath for a few minutes with a cup of tea at my elbow and the latest Kingsley Amis in front of my face . |
| 24 | But pause for a few moments with the two names it introduces us to — Robert Taylor , the author , and the book 's recipient , Percivall Pott , whose characteristic signature it contains . |
| 25 | After he 'd gone Sarella sat still for a few moments with her head resting on the chair-back . |
| 26 | The field was empty except for a few ewes with young lambs . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd settle for a few years with four legs like a cheetah and be able to go at forty miles an hour , ’ Otley declared . |
| 28 | I 've been friends for a few years with the head stalker of Corrour estate , Ted Piggott , and his wife Theresia . |
| 29 | They would rather continue earning this money for a few years with the hope of becoming financially independent , thus broadening their options and opportunities . |
| 30 | In April the Prince went off to the Kalahari Desert for a few days with Sir Laurens Van der Post , to see for himself the society that his friend had written and talked about so much . |