Example sentences of "it [adv] [verb] [art] few " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Each time a memo was fired off and the problem was solved , but it only lasted a few days and they were using the extinguishers again , ’ he said .
2 It only takes a few moments to apply for Accident Cashguard 's important cover .
3 It only takes a few moments to apply for Accident Cashguard 's important cover .
4 It only takes a few minutes , ’ said one .
5 It only takes a few minutes to write yet receiving a letter out of the blue can mean such a lot to somebody .
6 What 's more , it only takes a few weeks for the real rewards to start appearing .
7 Still , it only takes a few bars of Kondrashin ( the work 's first interpreter ) to feel what the music is really driving at — this is part of a two-disc set with the first three symphonies on Le Chant du Monde .
8 Once you know the volume and page of your statute in the main work ( or in the Continuation Volumes ) , it only takes a few minutes to find the annotations in the Cumulative Supplement and Current Statutes Service .
9 But although it only takes a few minutes , life without thick glasses has a cost .
10 It only takes a few minutes .
11 It only takes a few minutes .
12 But it was a fun film , it only took a few days work — and I got to meet Mick Jagger ! ’
13 Today , with just over a month to go before the general election , it only merited a few lines on the inside pages .
14 Putting the ‘ corpse ’ down , she gave up and was gazing sadly at the small body when , about two minutes after its ‘ death ’ , it suddenly took a few very deep breaths and started to move about .
15 If it merely has a few extra grammes of plutonium squirrelled away ( something explicable as an oversight — or the ‘ oops ’ factor ) , then it might be ready to end its quarrel with the rest of the world in return for a deal that could even bring diplomatic recognition from America , together with trade and aid from South Korea and Japan .
16 She 'd never been the crying sort — but it just took a few well-chosen words from him to reduce her to a jelly .
17 The first term is always an unsettling time , and it generally takes a few weeks before students become familiar with each other , and work together effectively .
18 It also provided a few snippets of absurd press .
19 The new , Kixx-produced packaging tells you all you need to know about the controls and special weapons ; it even included a few tips on baddie bashing , but gives no idea as to how you came to be doing it or why !
20 Dave Simpson 's crushingly honest expos of the bust , buttock and bathing costume business may not answer all the questions but it certainly poses a few important ones .
21 It might all be nonsense , she thought , but it certainly tied a few things together .
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