Example sentences of "on [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asking the candidate to wait on for a few minutes . |
| 2 | Cream conditioners are massaged onto hair , left on for a few minutes , then rinsed off . |
| 3 | He drove on for a few minutes , the headlights cleaving a way through the darkness . |
| 4 | The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel . |
| 5 | She would twitter on for a few sentences to get everyone else to give their opinions , then make a decision . |
| 6 | He walked on for a few yards , stooped and picked something up . |
| 7 | It finally erupted when Mozart asked for permission to stay on for a few days in Vienna to collect some outstanding fees . |
| 8 | The Captain and his wife proved so hospitable that Ricky stayed on for a few days after Minton left to stay with Paul ( ‘ Odo ’ ) Cross and Angus Wilson at their home Rio Chico at Ocho Rios . |
| 9 | Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’ |
| 10 | Maybe I should have hung on for a few days in there getting to grips with Alf Bundy 's ailments . |
| 11 | The travellers say they wo n't be moving on for a few days and tonight , the festival still appears to be in full swing.Local people are angry after finding drug-taking equipment dumped in gardens , and sheep savaged to death at a local farm . |
| 12 | had this one on for a few days . |
| 13 | ‘ I always wanted to work with a squad of young players and bring them on for a few seasons . |
| 14 | The way things are , you might struggle on for a few months . |
| 15 | She said it had been going on for a few months . ’ |
| 16 | Bob did not retire immediately as he has worked on for a few months to introduced new salesmen to their areas . |
| 17 | Whereas it is obvious that the launch must be abandoned anywhere near the ground , halfway up the launch it is reasonable to hold on for a few seconds to see if the speed picks up again . |
| 18 | The controls , which laid down a minimum deposit for certain goods , restricted the amount of the finance charge which could be made and prohibited finance charges altogether for others , lingered on for a few years afterwards as part of what was still more or less a strictly managed war-time economy . |
| 19 | It is part of a rather complicated arrangement that has been going on for a few years now . ’ |
| 20 | Once well formed , remove the polythene bag and allow to grow on for a few weeks before potting on each plant singly . |
| 21 | This situation carried on for a few weeks , she would try to talk but always just ended up leaving some food on the step . |
| 22 | Why not extend you holiday by staying on for a few nights in Copenhagen ? |
| 23 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
| 24 | The hunt itself moved on after a few minutes , leaving the terrier man to flush out the fox . |
| 25 | Because they arrive with an expectation of moving on within a few years they refrain — ; if only for reasons of emotional self-defence — from putting down ‘ roots ’ and involving themselves too closely in village affairs . |
| 26 | Gesner would be on in a few moments and then the thing would lift off . |
| 27 | Simple word-processing programs often used in conjunction with microwriters are already being experimented on in a few schools . |
| 28 | The chances of the Government being defeated when amendment 27 is voted on in a few weeks are now difficult to judge . |
| 29 | One possibility is to choose two or three at a time , as above , and then go on to a few others . |
| 30 | When the war ended the OSS was busted up : they hung on to a few units — there was a whole alphabet soup of SI , SSU , X-2 , CIG , for a time — but most of us just went home to build a brave new world with law books and Shakespeare . |