Example sentences of "few [noun] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first few months they earned only a few pennies a week between them and Sal became convinced they would all end up in the workhouse if they kept failing to cough up the rent . |
| 2 | You had to pee a few times a day to survive . |
| 3 | I had n't been thinking about her that much , just a few times a day , and seldom imagined that I 'd glimpse her here or there on the street , on a bus , in the Superette , in the hospital , on a passing aeroplane five miles high . |
| 4 | Representatives from as many relevant agencies as possible met a few times a year , and devised an agreed strategy for the inner area concerned . |
| 5 | If the children get half a dozen whacks with a slipper a few times a year , surely it 's not abuse ? |
| 6 | And yet somebody else might have three or four thousand down , and that 's because they 're jetting off to er foreign climes a few times a year . |
| 7 | It had been splendidly undemanding ; because of his family , she did not see him more than a few times a month , always meetings snatched at short notice and with absolutely no expectation from him that she would be available . |
| 8 | Could these be used to replace some other fattier meals a few times a week ? |
| 9 | If I 've been working a lot I deep cleanse with a mask a few times a week . |
| 10 | a few times a week and I think it sounded like three cos she was wondering how he would cope with driving and everything . |
| 11 | They would tour all over the country for wages of a few shillings a week . |
| 12 | Six kids , Dad on a few shillings a week , when he was out of work , Mam had to go out scrubbing , washing . |
| 13 | In few cases a dispersal agent does deliver a seed directly to such a target other than by chance . |
| 14 | If I feel that a particular patient is suffering from extreme tension and finds it difficult to relax , then I may suggest that , during the two weeks following the regression session , he simply practises a basic relaxation exercise for a few minutes a day . |
| 15 | ‘ Initially people think bonsai trees must be quite difficult to keep , but all it takes is a few minutes a day to see they are properly watered . |
| 16 | Every few minutes a man came in and called someone 's name . |
| 17 | Every few minutes a truck thunders down the strategic Salang Highway on its way from Hiratan on the Soviet border to Kabul . |
| 18 | Every few minutes a shell would swish over the rooftops to explode with a roar in the docks ; and more Syrian troops — nearer to the explosions and silhouetted against the sea — could be seen running beside the harbour wall . |
| 19 | In a few minutes a boy appeared . |
| 20 | After a few minutes a barman came in and asked everyone to move outside with the other hotel guests who had been evacuated from the building . |
| 21 | It 's a good idea to run your central heating pump for a few minutes a week in summer to prevent it from seizing up when the system is not in use . |
| 22 | Every few minutes a plate crashed to the floor . |
| 23 | After a few minutes a woman in a grey fur coat began to cross the street from my building . |
| 24 | DOZENS more East German refugees arrived outside the West German embassy yesterday seeking asylum and passage to the West , including some who missed by only a few minutes a train that took more than 800 of their compatriots to West Germany . |
| 25 | Every few minutes a train rolled in , as if from some inexhaustible magazine of trains beyond the horizon , and , sucking into itself a multitude and departing again , left one platform for one moment emptying — and the next moment the platform was once more filled by the quenchless stream … |
| 26 | Within a few hours a scum appears on top of the wort and this rapidly builds up into a great yellowy-brown crust as the yeast turns the sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide . |
| 27 | Though it may be possible to get professional or voluntary back-up for a few hours a day or a few days a week , an old or very sick and disabled person needs constant nursing and supervision round the clock . |
| 28 | Smith himself insisted that his other commitments did not interfere with his mathematics , as that demanded a concentration too great to be maintained for more than a few hours a day . |
| 29 | AFTER THE MONTHS of location shooting in Cornwall , and the completion of the interiors of Straw Dogs at Twickenham Studios in London in March 1971 , Dustin returned to his New York home , determined to spend as much time as possible with his family , only going down to his production office , SweetWall Productions , on West 56th Street , for a few hours a day . |
| 30 | I daresay if we get someone sensible to look after them a few hours a day , they wo n't suffer too much . |