Example sentences of "a few [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many European countries worry that the countries of the former Soviet Union , from which only a few emigrants have escaped since the second world war , could revert to their 19th-century role as big exporters of people . |
| 2 | Porting a 1.24 million-line C code CAE application to different machines and operating systems , including rewriting the graphics drivers , seems to have taken only about two to three man-months per port for development , and a few man-months to test before shipping . |
| 3 | Well she 's certainly got a few glands coming up . |
| 4 | ARMED with microscopes , miniature drills and an infinite capacity for taking pains , a few palaeontologists have redrawn their profession 's picture of early life . |
| 5 | The atmosphere is good-humoured , with a strong sense of relief that adults can for a few moments get together without thinking of what is to be done next with twenty or thirty demanding , stimulating and occasionally frustrating children . |
| 6 | I told him and we reached the CHAB studios with only a few moments to settle Mr Murray before the microphone and be ready for the red light signifying we were ‘ on the air ’ . |
| 7 | The interior of her car was a furnace and she frittered a few moments wandering in the graveyard after opening the car doors to cool it . |
| 8 | Spend a few moments establishing a slow and regular breathing pattern . |
| 9 | If you feel yourself tensing up , then spare a few moments to release that tension and see the difference it can make . |
| 10 | I returned to the tractor-path and in a few moments saw Holford House standing before me on a rise . |
| 11 | Hazel peered closely into the thick , coarse hair ( a rabbit 's foot has no pads ) and after a few moments saw what he had expected — the oval shank Of a snapped-off thorn sticking out through the skin . |
| 12 | I replaced the blanket over his head and stood for a few moments looking at the bodies in their neat little rows . |
| 13 | She put away the car , quietly locked the garage door and stood for a few moments looking out over the valley . |
| 14 | In the morning Riven lay half awake , listening to the sound of the water close at hand , and for a few moments thought it was a quiet tide outside the bothy . |
| 15 | The driver stopped the jeep outside the Saulnier farm for a few moments to say goodbye to the farmer , a very good friend to the Commandos , especially No. 6 Commando . |
| 16 | We would then spend a few moments sharing any relevant and deep intuition that had come to any of us , and it was remarkable to see what a full and varied message the daily passage gave us . |
| 17 | Another thing we 're going to talk to somebody from the N S P C C who 's coming in in a few moments to talk about Halloween trick or treating and stuff like that . |
| 18 | They waited to be told as much , but after a few moments realized with surprise that their hosts were evidently less enthusiastic . |
| 19 | He sat there for a few moments inhaling the smoke . |
| 20 | He then picked him up and in a few moments had taken Woil back to his cage , put him in , closed the iron gate and secured it . |
| 21 | He had only a few moments to decide on what he should do . |
| 22 | Dr McNab had Come to the door of his ward for a few moments to watch the heating of the bath-water ; then with a sigh and a shake of his head he had retired inside again . |
| 23 | There are the rare cases , as with the bronze and brass Etruscan statuettes described above , where a few moments spent performing a surface analysis can unequivocally solve a problem , which might have remained a stylistic conundrum for ever . |
| 24 | Bernice took a few moments break from her search to reach up and snap it off . |
| 25 | After a few moments Endill slowly put up his hand . |
| 26 | He stood for a few moments thinking , and looking apprehensively from one stallion to the other . |
| 27 | He darted down the passage after Twoflower , and after a few moments came to a halt with a groan . |
| 28 | She stood for a few moments catching her breath , then continued through to the kitchen . |
| 29 | We sat in the jeep for a few moments watching the column as it disappeared along the very dusty road , and was soon out of sight , after passing Sulnier 's farm . |
| 30 | She lay for a few moments watching the patterns it made on the ceiling . |