Example sentences of "only [vb infin] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they called on us , they would always say to Mum , ‘ Fanny , we came to see how you are getting on , but we can only stay a few minutes . ’ |
| 2 | Sometimes the image would only remain a few seconds . |
| 3 | It is obviously every bit as important to respect the wild flowers in a foreign country as it is in one 's own , and not to pick large quantities of anything as you will only need a few pieces to create a floral souvenir of your trip . |
| 4 | However , we agreed that self-help schemes could only bring a few jobs and that a central demand should still be that the state provide jobs . |
| 5 | Volunteers need only provide a few hours of their time a week to be trained as a tutor . |
| 6 | It had been assumed that , because the journey would only take a few hours , it was better to be in the open air than in the dark and unventilated cargo holds . |
| 7 | It will only take a few hours of your time . |
| 8 | It would only take a few minutes . ’ |
| 9 | It will only take a few minutes , certainly . |
| 10 | I think it should only take a few minutes to have you begging me to make love to you … ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Should only take a few days . |
| 12 | I 'm just waiting for my international clearance now , which should only take a few days , and then I 'll be aiming to challenge for a first team place . ’ |
| 13 | So his results were preliminary but it would only take a few weeks ' work , using the neutron spectrometer , to know for sure . |
| 14 | Er but radical certainly as compared to how things operated before , when you went into the fitting shop , you know , you could , you could only walk a few feet |
| 15 | Today he 's kept alive by a machine … he can only walk a few yards before getting out of breath . |
| 16 | When Durbeyfield heard he would only get a few shillings for Prince 's dead body , he rose to the occasion . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm hopeless on the guitar — I can only play a few chords . ’ |
| 18 | Unless there is exceptional need they only work from Monday to Friday , and as the service is very short-staffed in many areas most people can only receive a few hours ' help a week ; although in special cases daily help can be arranged . |
| 19 | ‘ I could n't bear to think of the future , of what would happen to her when we got old , if we got ill , when we died , or worse — whether she would only live a few years , ’ she says . |
| 20 | This requirement eliminates a lot of the older classical chemical techniques and indeed some of the ultra-modern high-tech instruments which can only handle a few objects per day . |
| 21 | The government said that fuel supplies would only last a few weeks , but that meat and butter would run out within days . |
| 22 | they could only snatch a few minutes together from time to time , usually when Daddy came over to Low Fields to look after the cattle , or during the haytiming . |