Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , in a role that might have better suited Peter Sellers , or , more authentically , Alberto Sordi , he goes through a few variations on Ben Braddock and Jason Fister , the agent in his first Italian misadventure . |
| 2 | It usually starts shortly after the animals have been weaned and in most instances it only persists for a few months . |
| 3 | ‘ Your múmia looks like a million dollars , too . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ This pool looks like a thousand others I 've seen . |
| 5 | The magic starts with a further Grundfos whose inlet rests on top of the gravel bed . |
| 6 | Close to the primer , the sequence starts with a 25 units track of the repeat T 2 AG 3 , followed by the Tetrahymena T 2 G 4 telomeric sequence . |
| 7 | Marston Magna lies in a flat lias clay area of south Somerset , and its name suggests marshy surroundings . |
| 8 | Lane 1 , Hind III digested λ DNA ( 0.2 µg ) ; lane 2 and 6 , Bam HI- Pst I digested pPYACRC5 DNA ( 0.5 ng ) , ( lane 6 corresponds to a 10 times shorter exposure to autoradiography ) ; lanes 3 to 5 , PstI digested DNA ( 1 µg ) from three unstable pPYACRC5 transformants . |
| 9 | The smoke is probably unburnt fuel If the carb is a little bit worn it will do this The Solex carb is more prone to this than the later Zenith It may also be slight oil burning which is also very common as the engine starts and only happens for a few seconds This is a ‘ feature ’ of Land Rovers and is not really cause for concern |
| 10 | ‘ She wakes for a few minutes and then is unconscious for several hours , ’ said a police spokesman . |
| 11 | If untreated , recovery occurs after a few weeks , but discharging abscesses may remain in the groin . |
| 12 | Smith , the car 's owner , told magistrates at Eastbourne : ‘ It was just one of those things that happens after a few bevvies . ’ |
| 13 | Gamble argues that the adversary politics thesis over-generalises from a few instances to the whole of economic policy . |
| 14 | Even with a well performed sphincterotomy of judivious size , unpredictable harmorrhage still occurs in a few cases . |
| 15 | It is not known why this occurs in a few animals after strangles infection . |
| 16 | Steve Richardson passes on a few tips on how to lower your scores by improving your on-course tactics . |
| 17 | The group then reassembles for a few days to allow everyone to present their trial training session . |
| 18 | There will be floodlit sessions of the show on Friday 11th , and Saturday 12th May ; and on Sunday 13th , the Evening Floodlit Equestrian Extravaganza ends with a fabulous fireworks display at 10.05pm . |
| 19 | ZOOLOGIST Kristy Bird 's love affair with Africa resumes in a few weeks when she embarks on a special project to study the impact of poaching on Kenya 's elephant population . |
| 20 | A wall goes down from the road straight as a die to Ease Gill and a walk alongside leads in a few minutes to a small hole in the ground that opens into lengthy passages below : this is Short Drop Cave . |
| 21 | If your weight increases by a few pounds ( about 1 kg ) from one day to the next , do nothing for a day or two to try to redress the balance ; your weight could well drop back quite naturally . |
| 22 | ‘ I came back because I discovered that without him my head splits into a thousand pieces . |
| 23 | If the hon. Gentleman waits for a few days , he may be made aware of developments emanating from a source not far from me now which may interest him and which may deal with that point . |
| 24 | Poor appetite , stops feeding and screams after a few minutes |
| 25 | You can imagine , it sounds like a million owls in that cave . |
| 26 | it sounds like a Trivial Pursuits question , but I hope the analogy ends there ! |
| 27 | That compares with a forty pounds fixed penalty fine . |
| 28 | They said Labour had squandered a golden opportunity to improve part of the town centre which could be hard hit when the new Cornmill Centre opens in a few months ' time . |
| 29 | The time span of observation in these studies varies from a few minutes to several hours . |
| 30 | After India , Poland , Munich , quick trip to Milan to see Berio and Eco , Paris , Queneau unwell , Butor planning book on Diabelli Variations , that man is an interpretative machine , Paz said , whatever you feed him he devours in a few months and a year later out comes a book . |