Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The roof goes on in a few tumultuous hours . |
| 2 | Caird also goes in for a few unnecessary stunts , such as having two of the ladies of the town played by men in drag . |
| 3 | At the Apollo 17 site an experiment was carried out by the astronauts which gave the seismic wave speeds down to a few kilometres depth in the vicinity of the site . |
| 4 | Brian sits reflectively for a few moments … |
| 5 | Like the other Acorus species described so far , it grows only for a few months in the aquarium . |
| 6 | Of course , where the wealth goes is a problem , since it often ends up in a few hands . |
| 7 | It goes straight for a few yards and then bends round the corner into blackness . |
| 8 | The engine backs down upon a few trucks , perhaps a single one ; there is a quick manipulation of a coupling stick , and the engine draws off with its insignificant load . |
| 9 | Often the drive surface is just skimmed with tarmac which breaks up in a few weeks . |
| 10 | The answer is one of two things — a Labour government which he can not influence for the good , or a Labour government which he turns out in a few months , provoking another election . |
| 11 | If it appears slowly with a few days warning of something being not quite right and the patient gradually sinks into the illness , then the cause is likely to lie several days or even a week earlier . |
| 12 | It applies only to a few high risk processes and is invariably achieved by means of heat . |
| 13 | Lesley-Jane will be fine if she just rests up for a few days . |
| 14 | This inherited , natural , passive ( the baby has not produced it ) immunity to , for example , measles and whooping cough usually lasts only for a few months after birth . |
| 15 | Institutionalism sets in after a few months , and active people slow down and soon learn not to complain . |
| 16 | The customer gives up after a few months waiting . |
| 17 | I 'm keeping my fingers crossed that Sierra comes up with a few more of these ! |
| 18 | Do you have a rota system where if maybe six have got onto an appliance and there 's another fire comes up in a few hours that they can not turn ut again , or is it just a matter of whoever gets there first again ? |
| 19 | There are many different varieties of scabetic mite infesting various mammals , and , although the mites from different animals appear to be similar , they are probably species specific because infestation by the mite from domestic animals does not ‘ take ’ in the human and dies out after a few weeks . |