Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [prep] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think Sega are conning people who pay £45 for a game that the complete in a few days . |
| 2 | 2 Heat the oil in a small frying pan and fry the turmeric for a few seconds . |
| 3 | There are several splendid houses near Long Melford that would make for a gentle afternoon 's potter through the rooms and possessions of the rich of a few centuries ago . |
| 4 | As my hon. Friend says , it was a variation on the advice offered to the unemployed by a former Tory Minister . |
| 5 | Most continue ripening in store until ready for the table , but a few varieties must be brought into the warm for a few days before they are ready to eat . |
| 6 | The success in the 1970s of a few Asian ‘ Newly Industrialising Countries ’ ( NICs ) at making rapid growth in manufactured exports the key to rapid output growth , drew attention to the potential contribution of a ‘ good ’ external strategy . |
| 7 | In a profile of Denis Law written in 1962 the late great Scottish journalist John Rafferty summarised the '60s in a few short condemnatory words . |
| 8 | The sound of the gun silenced the Chinese for a few seconds , then a lone woman 's voice began wailing again and the Shermans saw a thin ragged body forced up against the underside of the grille . |
| 9 | On May 28 , 1990 , his trial , the first of a former Pasok minister , began . |
| 10 | I have heard there 's good sport to be had in Buttermere and Grasmere and I intend to make my way to one or the other for a few days . |
| 11 | But over the years , the government did little except to remove contaminated soil , even though the trail of dioxin was showing contamination from a few to a several hundred PPB . |
| 12 | I 'm going on a fast for a few days because everything you eat 's bad for you . ’ |
| 13 | He had caught up with and passed his rival in a latter of a few strides in a quite extraordinary spurt of acceleration for a steeple-chaser carrying twelve and a half stone at the end of a three-mile chase , and for the big horse it was simply too much : Mill House weakened rapidly and by the time Arkle had strode home to a rapturous reception Mill House had been passed by Rondetto . |
| 14 | About a third to a half the usable space in any private house is taken up by special rooms devoted to sleeping . |