Example sentences of "it [adv] [verb] [art] few " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Each time a memo was fired off and the problem was solved , but it only lasted a few days and they were using the extinguishers again , ’ he said . |
2 | It only takes a few moments to apply for Accident Cashguard 's important cover . |
3 | It only takes a few moments to apply for Accident Cashguard 's important cover . |
4 | ‘ It only takes a few minutes , ’ said one . |
5 | It only takes a few minutes to write yet receiving a letter out of the blue can mean such a lot to somebody . |
6 | What 's more , it only takes a few weeks for the real rewards to start appearing . |
7 | Still , it only takes a few bars of Kondrashin ( the work 's first interpreter ) to feel what the music is really driving at — this is part of a two-disc set with the first three symphonies on Le Chant du Monde . |
8 | Once you know the volume and page of your statute in the main work ( or in the Continuation Volumes ) , it only takes a few minutes to find the annotations in the Cumulative Supplement and Current Statutes Service . |
9 | But although it only takes a few minutes , life without thick glasses has a cost . |
10 | It only takes a few minutes . |
11 | It only takes a few minutes . |
12 | But it was a fun film , it only took a few days work — and I got to meet Mick Jagger ! ’ |
13 | Today , with just over a month to go before the general election , it only merited a few lines on the inside pages . |
14 | Putting the ‘ corpse ’ down , she gave up and was gazing sadly at the small body when , about two minutes after its ‘ death ’ , it suddenly took a few very deep breaths and started to move about . |
15 | If it merely has a few extra grammes of plutonium squirrelled away ( something explicable as an oversight — or the ‘ oops ’ factor ) , then it might be ready to end its quarrel with the rest of the world in return for a deal that could even bring diplomatic recognition from America , together with trade and aid from South Korea and Japan . |
16 | She 'd never been the crying sort — but it just took a few well-chosen words from him to reduce her to a jelly . |
17 | The first term is always an unsettling time , and it generally takes a few weeks before students become familiar with each other , and work together effectively . |
18 | It also provided a few snippets of absurd press . |
19 | The new , Kixx-produced packaging tells you all you need to know about the controls and special weapons ; it even included a few tips on baddie bashing , but gives no idea as to how you came to be doing it or why ! |
20 | Dave Simpson 's crushingly honest expos of the bust , buttock and bathing costume business may not answer all the questions but it certainly poses a few important ones . |
21 | It might all be nonsense , she thought , but it certainly tied a few things together . |