Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite a few cans of Coke and things like that , quite a few cans for relieving yourself ! |
| 2 | I just want to make a few pennies by selling some horseflesh . |
| 3 | The instructions for folding a piece of paper involve only a few operations like folding and unfolding . |
| 4 | They have suffered a few setbacks since clinching their place in the last four , including a midweek League Cup semi-final knockout by Coleraine . |
| 5 | ‘ Few projects for amending the condition of the needy , and for the reduction of parish rates , would be so beneficially devised as to build lodging houses in places where they were likely to be let : and in what way could money be more securely deposited than by a general subscription , in shares of fifty or one hundred pounds each : five thousand pounds would build a number of houses , worth from five to twenty-five pounds per annum , or double that sum if furnished . ’ |
| 6 | It has n't been a disastrous trip for me , but I got in a few times without going on to a really big score . ’ |
| 7 | The electric pumps deliver fuel to the carburettors ready for starting and , on a cold day , the primers should be used although for some reason these are wired closed on Juliet Uniform and one has to pump the throttles a few times before firing up . |
| 8 | After a few attempts at checking myself by thinking of Hattie Jacques and Eric Sykes riding a tandem , I found myself back at the doctor . |
| 9 | Within a few minutes of receiving this the King had written back regretting that lie was unable to alter his decision . |
| 10 | Within a few minutes of installing the application ( which , incidentally , takes rather less than fifteen minutes , even on a reasonably slow machine ) quit sophisticated logos and graphics of that ilk were appearing onscreen courtesy of some simply presented but powerful facilities . |
| 11 | There are even techniques for mirroring the other person 's non-verbal behaviours for the first few minutes of meeting them , and then testing whether rapport has been established by changing your visual behaviours to see whether the other person will reciprocate by mirroring yours . |
| 12 | For example , a reaction to a particular food may occur within a few minutes of eating a food , or after a day or two . |
| 13 | That reminds me : I asked whether he 'd heard anything within a few minutes of seeing young Hamnett , hoping he 'd say a shot , of course , which really would have been too good to be true . |
| 14 | To her surprise , within a very few minutes of passing the broken signpost , she came upon her ‘ pony tree ’ . |
| 15 | The Chief Constable must have called in the Yard within a few minutes of getting the news . |
| 16 | Within a few minutes of shuddering breaths , hiccups , and desperate sucking sounds , silence fell . |
| 17 | She had heard dark mutterings about him but after a few minutes of talking with him she was ready to put it down to common envy . |
| 18 | As I said in an earlier chapter , the principle of speaking is not to go on for more than a few minutes without getting your audience to do something — applaud or laugh or raise their hands . |
| 19 | Joe made room for me with the same amount of good grace he might have afforded an enemy invading his castle and we sat for a few minutes without speaking , inspecting the view . |
| 20 | They sat in the car for a few minutes without speaking . |
| 21 | He said he could do that in a few minutes after getting to his office , and I arranged to ring him later in the morning . |
| 22 | A few minutes after speaking to Haines , a call came through . |
| 23 | We sat chatting for a few minutes after finishing our meal . |
| 24 | A few minutes after restarting he picked up the autobahn to Salzburg . |
| 25 | Ian equalised for the Palace a few minutes after coming on to the field , then put us ahead in extra-time for one of the most telling substitutions in the annals of the great competition |
| 26 | Mustard should be allowed to stand for a few minutes after mixing and before serving to allow the flavour to develop , but mix little and often the flavour will be retained but the pungency will soon be lost . |
| 27 | Leith spent the next few minutes in accepting that somehow she was going to have to pay her brother 's share of the hefty monthly repayment as well as her own for the next seven months minimum . |
| 28 | The call was a few minutes in coming through — probably they had to look for Seddon at the other end . |
| 29 | When Christina gave the signal , they both body-surfed for a few minutes before tumbling over and over as the strong current literally threw them onto the shore . |
| 30 | Tostada shells may be served with this soup ; they are flat fried tortilla pancakes which require heating in a moderate oven for a few minutes before serving . |