Example sentences of "in a few [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | However , a machine can only stretch in a few directions and is therefore only of limited value . |
3 | I think we might as well get in a few things and anyway I want some envelope re-use labels . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | I 've got a meeting in a few minutes and I — ’ |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | She 'll bring it to you in a few minutes and it 'll help you keep your strength . ’ |
9 | 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 . |
10 | ‘ I 'll leave in a few minutes and be with you in about half an hour . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | Gesner would be on in a few moments and then the thing would lift off . |
15 | 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 |
16 | If the symptoms are of the remedy they will disappear in a few days and no more medicine may be needed . |
17 | When I inquired after the baptism he said he had been mistaken , it had been yesterday , but that there would be another in a few days and , anyway , who needed a baptism to enjoy themselves ? |
18 | He told the owner of the pensione that he would probably be leaving in a few days and then he made his way to the station to ask about trains . |
19 | On March 2nd 1872 , a letter came from the Mayor saying that the Corporation 's building would be ready in a few days and that they would be willing to receive patients under ‘ such arrangements as may be deemed best adapted to check the progress of the epidemic ’ . |
20 | I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’ |
21 | In a few ravines and glens in the Uists warmth-demanding , southern-atlantic cryptogams occur locally , including the Macaronesian-tropical species Jubula hutchinsiae and Dryopteris aemula . |
22 | Conversely , a large-scale and long-period phenomenon such as the movement of tectonic plates can lead to local stress accumulation and to its release by an earthquake in a few seconds and with highly local effects . |
23 | He absorbed the little gray figures in a few seconds and his face bulged . |
24 | After India , Poland , Munich , quick trip to Milan to see Berio and Eco , Paris , Queneau unwell , Butor planning book on Diabelli Variations , that man is an interpretative machine , Paz said , whatever you feed him he devours in a few months and a year later out comes a book . |
25 | When I am tired and think , ‘ I do n't want to do this any more ’ I just tell myself that it might not be here in a few months and that there 's probably a million who would kill to be where I am . |
26 | Beta releases of AIX and OS/2 Mach microkernels are due in a few months and in the second half of the year respectively . |
27 | Beta releases of AIX and OS/2 Mach microkernels are due in a few months and in the second half of the year respectively . |
28 | and can be preceded by ( e.g. ‘ squelch ’ , ‘ bulge ’ ) ; is never preceded by , and is preceded by only in a few words and names , e.g. ‘ Welsh ’ , ‘ Walsh ’ , . |
29 | Democratic centralism concentrates power in a few hands and at the end of the day produces decision rather than fudging . |
30 | We like to concentrate on the pop stuff in a few tracks and indulge in the more experimental stuff with the rest . ’ |