Example sentences of "[vb base] in [art] few [noun] " in BNC.

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1 At home the sudden switch from inflation and boom to stagnation and slump in a few months made changes in policy inevitable .
2 FIGURE 3 I put in a few plants growing outside the window .
3 It really took hold in a few hours .
4 In the belt extending from Hoxne to the Orwell estuary the percentage of assessments below £2 hardly exceeded twenty , save in a few places , and overall more were on goods than on earnings .
5 You know in a few minutes .
6 I , I shall be seeing the you know in a few weeks time the daughter she 's a , she 's er Rene that was erm Eddie , who were very big pals of mine and we go to the anniversary lunch together so we 're all over eighty but erm you could n't the bread shop , was another confectioner 's shop , and then turning round the corner you come to another shop , up two steps , which was and that was another type of confectionery and shop , then you get as far as the corn and seed people er they used to have a shop in Street as well , and then before the First World War there was the butchers and they sold foreign meat .
7 If the symptoms disappear in a few days no more medicine is needed , but if the symptoms persist dosing continues as before to complete the cure §281 .
8 Rather , indicate in a few words how the rest of your answer would proceed if you had time .
9 It is absurd , every time we introduce another element of our policy , for him to leap on to the populist pitch and then , as he no doubt will in a few minutes ' time , find some detailed reasons for being opposed to it .
10 Some women have minor side-effects which normally pass in a few months .
11 After shaving , rub in a few drops of Corvette After-Shave .
12 Of course , no day is typical and there are particular tensions which emerge in the few weeks before the Christmas break .
13 I know it 's my fault she 's here , I suppose in a few years time I 'll wish I 'd been here , but now I want to be out enjoying myself .
14 and try and get out of them what skills , you know , and chuck in a few ideas of your own , you know ,
15 But I think in the few months that this administration has er , has been in office , it is encouraging to see that the county council is operating inside the budget , er , which I believe was actually set by the previous administration , erm , er over which we had no influence whatsoever .
16 Throughout the next two years I had lost interest in the game I would wait a few months and then in a space of a week I would go and have a few games it was n't until 1993 early January that I started playing regularly again I was determined to get a handicap and play in a few competitions sometime that year .
17 All they had to do was pile the earth back on top of the coffin and toss in a few bulbs of garlic just to be on the safe side .
18 They pinch most of what they say from the student press in America and throw in a few tags from Colonel Ojukwu .
19 Differentiate a few quotients , get the hang of it , throw in a few sines and coses .
20 It was the oldest trick in the book : lighten the atmosphere stir in a few laughs — and throw the fast ball .
21 The statements with which respondents were invited to entirely agree , agree with qualification , or disagree , were : ( 12 ) Dreams only occur in the few moments before you wake up .
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