Example sentences of "i [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I was possessed , but happy to be so , if it allowed me to be with him , to feel him near me for a few hours every day . |
| 2 | ‘ Then perhaps you could make a small room available to me for a few hours ? |
| 3 | Do n't you think you can manage to stop needling me for a few hours ? ’ |
| 4 | he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof . |
| 5 | ‘ Would you talk to me for a few minutes ? ’ |
| 6 | Kodiak the Alsatian barked at me for a few minutes , and gave up in resignation . |
| 7 | It could also mean ‘ Will you talk to me for a few minutes , I feel sad . ’ |
| 8 | Sister said she had no work for me for a few minutes , so I could direct traffic for her whilst she had a few words with Dr Jones . |
| 9 | ‘ That is , if you do n't mind being in the same room as me for a few minutes ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Then there 's no reason why you should n't come and sit with me for a few minutes . |
| 11 | Can you excuse me for a few minutes while I have a word with the others and then I 'll be straight back to you ? ’ |
| 12 | Yeah , even on the phone our Rob rings up and er , he 'll speak to me for a few minutes and he speaks |
| 13 | " Hazel , " said Fiver , " could you come up on the bank with me for a few moments ? |
| 14 | He rented me a projector , and because he wanted to retire sold his movies to me for a few pesetas a twelve-reeler . |
| 15 | ‘ Could n't you stay with me for a few days in case those men come back . ’ |
| 16 | I 'll take the little one home with me for a few days to give you a break . |
| 17 | ‘ And do n't worry if you do n't hear from me for a few days . |
| 18 | The Brigadier glared at me for a few seconds and replied rather quietly . |
| 19 | It stared at me for a few seconds , then the lens flashed again , a key was put into the lock , bolts were drawn and the door was opened . |
| 20 | That name clearly struck a chord in McIllvanney , for he frowned at me for a few seconds , but the chord must have faded for he shrugged it off . |
| 21 | It 's so incongruous it stuns me for a few seconds . |
| 22 | Do you think you will be safe , working with me for a few weeks ? |
| 23 | This is me , I goes , I goes I 'll let it slip this time cos you have n't seen me for a few weeks . |
| 24 | You ca n't buy me with a few armfuls of flowers . ’ |
| 25 | When any seeds arrive from him I will take the first opportunity of sending you a share and in return shall trouble you for some Northern and Welsh plants which I hope we shall make proper conveniency to receive into our Garden in a short time ; for several of those which you were so good as to furnish me with a few years since are lost for want of proper soil and situation , the natural earth of our Garden being too light and dry and the bottom too warm . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , I did that , ’ she told him flatly , ‘ but if that was your intention which I doubt , do n't you think it might have been kinder to have left me with a few illusions ? ’ |
| 27 | I continued donating until late 1987 when the pressures of my early twenties swept me into a few years of self neglect by alcohol and all those unhealthy things that young people do . |
| 28 | I would like to invite members to stand and join me in a few moments silence in memory of Doctor . |
| 29 | Come back to me in a few weeks with another research proposal . |
| 30 | I believe that the lessons learnt from my first five years of trial and error could have been imparted to me in a few days by any half-decent panner . |