Example sentences of "go [adv] [prep] a few " in BNC.

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1 The roof goes on in a few tumultuous hours .
2 Caird also goes in for a few unnecessary stunts , such as having two of the ladies of the town played by men in drag .
3 But the assumption that all morality means sexual morality is too widespread to go down without a few squawks of protest .
4 This planning diary should show , for example , weeks in which certain lecture courses begin or in which certain work assignments are due for presentation ; weeks in which there are social or sporting events ; weeks in which you are free to take a break or to go away for a few days .
5 I 've only met kennel cough once and that was last year , when a dog belonging to a friend caught it after having been boarded out when she had to go away for a few weeks .
6 It could be that the couple simply decided to go away for a few days , but those who know Mrs Allsopp say it 's unlikely she would have left without telling anyone .
7 ‘ No , I 'm sure you 'll be able to go home in a few days .
8 She said it had been going on for a few months . ’
9 It is part of a rather complicated arrangement that has been going on for a few years now . ’
10 I would n't mind going away for a few days , but
11 yes , I should n't mind going away in a few weeks , if , if
12 ‘ I 'm going out for a few minutes . ’
13 It goes straight for a few yards and then bends round the corner into blackness .
14 Now I was talking to your Doctor who was wondering whether we might want to go out for a few beers at some point
15 Cos I 've got to go out in a few minutes .
16 so she 's got to go back in a few weeks ' time
17 I can go on for a few more days .
18 He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’
19 He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’
20 The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel .
21 And so it went on for a few more minutes and then Anna returned , bearing a red packet labelled " Marlboro " .
22 One possibility is to choose two or three at a time , as above , and then go on to a few others .
23 When Alain 's mother finally went inside with a few rueful shakes of her head and a pleased look on her face , Jenna decided to risk all .
24 But Dreadnought , let alone all her other weak places , had been holed amidships by a baulk of timber , and before long the water poured into her with a sound like a sigh and she went down in a few seconds .
25 The opening ‘ The Basement ’ is most disturbing , Blood explaining what can happen when your parents go away for a few months and leave you with your crippled sister : ‘ It started out with spankings with the neighbour looking on/She paid her daughter 's boyfriend who would whip me all night long … ’
26 The opening ‘ The Basement ’ is most disturbing , Blood explaining what can happen when your parents go away for a few months and leave you with your crippled sister : ‘ It started out with spankings with the neighbour looking on/She paid her daughter 's boyfriend who would whip me all night long … ’
27 They 've gone away for a few days .
28 ‘ Oh — it 's my son — he 's got cystic fibrosis , and my wife 's gone away for a few days with a friend for a break .
29 Fifteen miles north , they put into St Abbs haven , under the mighty headland of that name , just before dawn , and went ashore for a few hours ' rest in a hay barn .
30 Well you can go outside in a few minutes .
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