Example sentences of "in a [det] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To make chocolate buttercream , add 15g ( ½oz ) cocoa powder to the mixture , and for a coffee flavour add 5ml ( 1tsp ) coffee — either first dissolved in a little water or the ‘ Camp ’ variety . |
| 2 | The two ladies had each paid 500 dollars for the privilege of a ten-minute consultation , during which one was told that she had been a quartz crystal in a former life while the other was informed that she had been an E flat ! |
| 3 | Housed in a former granary and cowshed , the displays show 19th and early 20th century material from the homes , farms , offices and craftsmen 's workshops of North Oxfordshire . |
| 4 | And writing it out in a half hour or hour lesson was almost impossible because it took too many sheets of paper . |
| 5 | Before Folly could take in what was happening , Luke had crossed the room in a few strides and almost thrown himself on to the sofa . |
| 6 | The plan is to grow the lawnmower business over the next couple of years and then float the shares to raise cash to add in a few operations that are less seasonal , and less weather-dependent . |
| 7 | However , a machine can only stretch in a few directions and is therefore only of limited value . |
| 8 | I think we might as well get in a few things and anyway I want some envelope re-use labels . |
| 9 | In a few instances as might be expected , opinions differ on certain aspects . |
| 10 | Do you have a rota system where if maybe six have got onto an appliance and there 's another fire comes up in a few hours that they can not turn ut again , or is it just a matter of whoever gets there first again ? |
| 11 | Firms can choose to concentrate their resources in a few countries and emphasise exports to other markets , or they can disperse their resources and emphasise FDI . |
| 12 | I I can give you an accurate price in a few minutes but roughly you 'd pay about five pounds more |
| 13 | A storm arrives from the west , the snow falling so thickly in a few minutes that I fear I will lose my way . |
| 14 | I 've got a meeting in a few minutes and I — ’ |
| 15 | It was always disappointing to sight the Land Rover and anticipate being in camp in a few minutes and then have an hour to walk . |
| 16 | But even allowing for those one strong young man could have come up the stairs to Wolski 's room and in a few minutes and one journey have stripped that soulless place of all evidence that for almost three decades , since 1946 , Wolski had lived there . |
| 17 | She 'll bring it to you in a few minutes and it 'll help you keep your strength . ’ |
| 18 | each , each time you pulled a handle it did one job and er could n't tell you really now what it was , you know but er you 'd pull the five handles in a few minutes and the damn thing was done . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll leave in a few minutes and be with you in about half an hour . |
| 20 | If you had SUPERFILE you could not only produce MailSorted address labels for all those people , but you could do much subtler selections as well — all in a few minutes and at the press of a few keys . |
| 21 | Such increases in tannin in browsed Acacia nigrescens in southern Africa have been reported to take place in a few minutes and the production of ethylene during damage has been considered to be the promoter of tannin increase . |
| 22 | I could get to the car-park in a few minutes if I wanted to and be near him , thinking of him — his problems over , lying on the brown eiderdown in his blue pyjamas . |
| 23 | ‘ We 'd have half the police force here in a few minutes if we did , ’ she said . |
| 24 | It is the unique experience of rail travellers on the Gotthard to glimpse the same , unmistakable baroque-domed village church three times in a few minutes as the train passes it at different levels above and below . |
| 25 | We stayed in a few bed and breakfasts when we thought we needed a wash , and a few youth hostels . |
| 26 | They would have the fire brigade round in a few moments if the external noise had been as loud as the internal one . |
| 27 | Because that was a politician 's I 'll play that trailer for the Sunday breakfast show again in a few moments and get you terribly excited . |
| 28 | Gesner would be on in a few moments and then the thing would lift off . |
| 29 | hello there … yes we 've come to Prestbury Park as Cheltenham readies itself for Gold Cup Week … we 'll be looking ahead to the festival in a few moments and also giving you the chance to win two tickets for the big day … first the weekend action and the big race in football … the chase for promotion |
| 30 | At first , the Sisters themselves tried knocking in a few nails or propping up walls with staves . |