Example sentences of "a [det] [noun pl] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you feel yourself tensing up , then spare a few moments to release that tension and see the difference it can make . |
| 2 | We would then spend a few moments sharing any relevant and deep intuition that had come to any of us , and it was remarkable to see what a full and varied message the daily passage gave us . |
| 3 | Miss Honey took a few moments to let this curious statement sink in . |
| 4 | If you have a few hours to spare each week and would like more information , contact the scheme manager , Liz Hare , at the Purdy Centre , |
| 5 | The problems mostly arose from lack of capital and only in a few cases had any action been taken — two had recently purchased houses in nearby villages for their sons and some had been able to purchase or rent some more land . |
| 6 | A few cases dominate this reporting , while just over one-half of the rape cases mentioned appeared only in one sample newspaper . |
| 7 | It works alongside a healthy diet and regular exercise and just a few minutes massage each day with Cellutherapie will help to stimulate blood circulation and improve the skin tone and texture on your hips and thighs . |
| 8 | Wipe dry and place in a warm oven for a few minutes to remove any remaining moisture . |
| 9 | He got out of the car and went up and down on his haunches a few times to ease some of the stiffness from his legs , then started to walk the mile or so back to the hotel gates . |
| 10 | Political society formed a complex network of lordship and service , in which all but a few misfits had some place . |
| 11 | Political society formed a complex network of lordship and service , in which all but a few misfits had some place . |
| 12 | The item below that is the shortfall in planning application fees , this is application fees for er mineral extraction applications which are , these are set as a statutory charge erm we 've picked up in the budget monitoring reports which have been to previous committees that the from this source has been falling off , as a few words explain that in this paragraph . |
| 13 | Only a few wives expressed any confidence in working with machines and carrying out crop work . |
| 14 | It only takes a current of a few nanoamps to develop enough voltage to break down the insulation and make a hole in the silicon . |
| 15 | A few intermediaries offer this facility on a limited basis but forward foreign exchange markets and the currency futures options market are designed for big players and the smaller customer would neither be welcomed , nor would he , or she , easily know how to gain access to these markets . |
| 16 | A few examples illustrate this contention . |
| 17 | In a cool sheltered position , with a damp-proof membrane , it took a few days to harden enough to build on . |
| 18 | Our son Greg came over for a few days to do some business in England and to see his father . |
| 19 | You can stay up late for a few nights to finish that urgent report without getting irritable or asking too much of the people you live with . |
| 20 | We were in Stratford for the summer , but I went down to Hampshire for a few weeks to do some business for Will about some sheep . |
| 21 | Finally , remember to protect oxygenating plants with wide cylinders or domes of netting for a few weeks to prevent any fish from pulling them up before they 're established . |
| 22 | There was a happy burble of voices which came from a few children discussing some design they were doing . |
| 23 | It took a few months to destroy this illusion . |
| 24 | Let the Staff College student consider how Harris was able to conjure from his original strength of 374 front line aircraft , and in a few months have some 1,047 aircraft set course for Koln in order to devastate 600 acres of the city ( plus the admirals and generals in Whitehall ) . |
| 25 | We spent Chairman , two and a half hours discussing this matter at that point and we had come full circle back to point 1 . |
| 26 | The only one that 's gone down to yours is Bill last week for those four and a half hours doing that interceptor . |
| 27 | It took about two and a half hours to fire that bread . |