Example sentences of "take [art] few [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On tour : security agents and officials shadow Secretary of State Warren Christopher as he takes a few moments off from his talks in Cairo yesterday to pay a visit to the Sphinx |
| 2 | I 'll do afternoon surgery , so why do n't you take a few hours off ? |
| 3 | Peas will take a few minutes longer than beans to soften . |
| 4 | It may take a few years yet , and some unlikely cohesion in banks ' own lobbying . |
| 5 | It would help if , perhaps , you could take a few days longer to prepare a considered report . " |
| 6 | You can always take a few days off immediately before the exam to rest and refresh yourself . |
| 7 | And then she will take a few days off from seeing anybody except me and do a bit of work . |
| 8 | I 'm definitely gon na take a few days off , but I wanted |
| 9 | She would take a few drops directly into the mouth using the pipette whereas previously she had used a teaspoon direct from the 100ml bottle . |
| 10 | They are encouraged to try and take a few steps back and be a little more objective with themselves . |
| 11 | Then , of course , as you so rightly mentioned , there 's the matter of my air-conditioning unit , ’ he continued smoothly , taking a few steps away from her to slide open the door of the large built-in wardrobe to produce a maroon silk dressing-gown , which he gravely handed over to her , before finding a similar garment , this time in striped towelling , for himself . |
| 12 | He 's heading towards death , he 's in the clutches of the authorities and probably the common people taking a few steps back . |
| 13 | ‘ Angela 's taking a few days off — she has n't been well , ’ he said , easily . |
| 14 | He took a few paces forward and leaned over Willie 's small thin shoulders . |
| 15 | She took a few paces forward . |
| 16 | Luke took a few steps forward , then flicking his wrist , sent the lash out at waist-level . |
| 17 | Rincewind took a few steps forward , cupidity moving him as easily as if he were on little wheels . |
| 18 | He took a few steps forward and tripped over a heavy iron grill set over one of the graves to protect it from the resurrectionists who had once supplied Dr Knox 's anatomy classes . |
| 19 | All I did know was that Scamp took a few steps forward into the street while stuffing home fresh cartridges . |
| 20 | He took a few steps away and sat down in one of the room 's elegant easy chairs . |
| 21 | The exact words , er I ca n't recall but er I talked the man out of the bed , still with his hands up and he took a few steps away from the bed . |
| 22 | She took a few steps down … |
| 23 | ‘ He 's doing all right on his own , ’ said the innkeeper , but took a few steps backward . |
| 24 | I took a few drinks up there ( including some for Zak and Donna , which amused them ) , and on my way down the stairs saw the backs of Mercer , and Bambi , Filmer and Daffodil , as they walked through the lounge towards the door to the private car . |
| 25 | We were taken the few miles out to Wyton by RAF transport and in a short time , smiling falsely at each other and with our cumbersome parachutes bumping round our legs , we found ourselves walking out to the plane for our first flight . |
| 26 | And that 's what upset us most about these people going back to work , the fact that a meeting had been taken a few months before in which everybody had voted for us to get the sack , and then all of a sudden they had been threatened and no vote was taken on whether we should stay out or go back , and they just dribbled back to , that really knocked us I think . |
| 27 | They 'd only taken a few steps when a man gave an appreciative wolf whistle . |
| 28 | The whole operation had taken a few seconds only , a little huddle of activity in all of which the discreet entry of Liz Spalding to the house had had a good chance of going unnoticed by any distant , watching eyes . |
| 29 | You will remember that a decision was taken a few years ago that we would lay our track to the standard British gauge of 4′ 8½″ rather than to the Irish gauge of 5′ 3″ . |
| 30 | It 'd been taken a few years earlier at a family Christmas party when we were playing Musical Chairs . |