Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this helps only a few teachers it would still be one step towards our goal of all participants in classes joining the Society . |
| 2 | But after a few hours it became hard to disguise . |
| 3 | Put a piece of raw meat into a stream and within a few hours it will be covered with small , flat , black worms feeding on it . |
| 4 | Except in a few cases it was pronounced a failure because of the need to use cheaper materials . |
| 5 | Usually this was because the grandparents had died too soon , but in a few cases it was because of distance . |
| 6 | But in a few cases it may emerge that the very question was considered by Parliament in passing the legislation . |
| 7 | Throughout the next two years I had lost interest in the game I would wait a few months and then in a space of a week I would go and have a few games it was n't until 1993 early January that I started playing regularly again I was determined to get a handicap and play in a few competitions sometime that year . |
| 8 | She left the surgery clutching Lizzie 's collar ; in the space of a few minutes it was all she had been left with , apart from memories . |
| 9 | After a few minutes it was the same inside . |
| 10 | In a few minutes it was all over . |
| 11 | Gaining height rapidly , heading east , after a few minutes it was enveloped by clouds and lost to view . ’ |
| 12 | If your symptoms do n't go away after a few minutes it is probable that you have n't caught it quickly enough and in this case you will need to use the technique of ‘ rebreathing ’ . |
| 13 | Within a few minutes it has to return to wet its skin and take a fresh mouthful of water . |
| 14 | After a few minutes it will slowly and cautiously uncurl itself again . |
| 15 | Then after a few minutes it all stops . |
| 16 | Within a few minutes it was adopted unanimously . |
| 17 | The bathroom 's a bit chilly but once you 've put that heater on and shut the door for a few minutes it 's |
| 18 | Within a few trials it learns to stay on the shelf ( this is called ‘ step-down avoidance ’ ) . |
| 19 | After a few attempts it will drive as normal . |
| 20 | From more than a few feet it was impossible to tell even the sex of the figure . |
| 21 | If David was to have a few drinks it would all come out . |
| 22 | The meeting broke up with mixed feelings , but after a few days it became clear that we were in business . |
| 23 | Already after a few days it became clear that the German troops had not succeeded in repulsing the Normandy landing , and that the deployment of the V1 — rapidly dubbed ‘ Versager I ’ ( ‘ Failure No . |
| 24 | This raises public awareness and the press is always interested in hard statistics ; so if you can say several hundred people signed the petition in an afternoon or over the course of a few days it will undoubtedly earn you publicity . |
| 25 | After a few days it may go onto their chest or settle in the liver causing a bilious fever and even jaundice . |
| 26 | In a matter of a few days it seemed , I was crying unashamedly with other City Temple folk at a prayer service arranged by Dr Weatherhead to ask God 's mercy on the people of Czechoslovakia . |
| 27 | Quite a few days it had taken Madeleine , this sewing . |
| 28 | After a few sessions it was becoming clear that Henry 's impact on the scheme was reciprocal . |
| 29 | Within a few years it had 200 local groups , had organized the first London rally against nuclear power ( in 1977 ) , and had effectively intervened in the debate about British nuclear policy . |
| 30 | Within a few years it was the Guns Mill Paper Company . |