Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Director of Public Prosecutions , Mr Allan Green , QC , is expected to decide within a few weeks whether to press corporate manslaughter charges against British Rail , the Crown Prosecution Service said yesterday . |
| 2 | If feeding and antibiotics continued to be administered Tony could be expected to live for a few more years . |
| 3 | And now that Lucy had resolved to stay for a few days , she decided to tell her aunt to expect her when she saw her . |
| 4 | In May 1977 the policy was amended , when it was decided to concentrate on a few tourist growth points in areas of rural depopulation where there was unrealized tourist potential . |
| 5 | The sex exclusive markers which do indeed occur in some languages are superficially striking , but on closer inspection they can be seen to result from a few regular and predictable rules acting on the same basic structures . |
| 6 | I 've had to deal with a few . ’ |
| 7 | I 've even got to think of a few of the regulars as friends over the years . ’ |
| 8 | Some of them not as high as the non-metals but most of have got to get to a few hundred degrees C before they start . |
| 9 | He is an experienced manager and he knows that if a player is sitting on the treatment table for two or three weeks they are bound to put on a few pounds . ’ |
| 10 | Carwyn desperately wanted to come through a few heats of the Pipeline Masters . |
| 11 | ‘ With the money I 'm prepared to pay you for your half of the house you could buy a more than adequate little base for yourself — and still have change left to indulge in a few luxuries . ’ |
| 12 | It must not brown , but should be left to bubble for a few seconds before being removed from the heat and left to settle . |
| 13 | Mustard should be allowed to stand for a few minutes after mixing and before serving to allow the flavour to develop , but mix little and often the flavour will be retained but the pungency will soon be lost . |
| 14 | After this the hole in the shell is sealed and the embryo is allowed to develop for a few days . |
| 15 | But , with the Christmas party season in full swing , revellers are warned to stop after a few glasses . |
| 16 | Recorders ( of whom there are over seven hundred , plus some five hundred Assistant Recorders ) are practising barristers or solicitors who are required to sit for a few weeks each year . |