Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [verb] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hit man has been called in a few times to finish off Jeffrey Probyn yet never once has he managed to carry out his murderous brief . |
| 2 | The owner has been calling by every few days to check on progress , but now is in Barbados . |
| 3 | To protect the spirit of demilitarisation , a convention has been followed that defence spending will not exceed 1 per cent of GNP , and although this ceiling has been broken on a few occasions , the 1 per cent target has a symbolic significance . |
| 4 | ‘ The plant has been neglected for a few years so I thought I 'd give it some plant food and water and to my astonishment this was the result , ’ said Margaret . |
| 5 | The Hagen Biolife filter in our office tank has been running for a few weeks now , and one or two little problems have shown up . |
| 6 | However , abnormal neurological signs ( notably unusually brisk tendon reflexes and tremor ) are common in older subjects , and overt neurological deterioration has been reported in a few early treated young adults . |
| 7 | The new ruling , which Advanced Micro plans to appeal , means that it will have to write new microcode for the Am486 chip that it has been sampling to a few potential customers and had hoped to ship by the end of the year . |
| 8 | However , the work has been put off a few weeks , so there 'll be plenty of room . |
| 9 | Wait until your baby has been walking for a few weeks before taking her for the first shoe fitting , as toes are crucial in gripping the floor while learning to toddle . |
| 10 | And he would ask a few questions , say he 'd been looking for a few hours . |
| 11 | But now I 've been drug-free for over a year erm but I 'd been trying for a few year before that and had nay managed to succeed . |
| 12 | No , not just one day , as I said , I 'd been trying for a few |
| 13 | ‘ You sound as if I 'd been gone for a few hours and forgot to leave you a note . ’ |
| 14 | Those girls who attempt to escape are found in a few days . |
| 15 | All I want to do is go through a few aspects of your statement , to make sure I 've got them right . ’ |
| 16 | The government 's Countryside Commission argued that the licence should only have been renewed for a few years during a thorough review of military land requirements . |
| 17 | Most children with severe visual handicaps will have been discovered within a few days of their birth or in their early infancy in hospital . |
| 18 | If the district registry had appreciated the urgency and the short period of the order without doubt they would have sought directions and the result would certainly have been that the appeal would have been set down at some other convenient centre or , as happened , in London at or before the beginning of this term and would have been heard within a few days , that is , the appeal would have been heard approximately a month ago . |
| 19 | Without them the useful life of streptomycin might have been confined to a few years . |
| 20 | All of their problems could have been solved with a few simple decisions but they seemed to have been robbed of their ability to think straight . ’ |
| 21 | Criticism of the war seems to have been confined to a few individuals . |
| 22 | Career family home — all had been ruined in a few seconds . |
| 23 | The sightseers on the banks of the river , who , sensing something afoot , had been gathering for a few hours , dodged about , seeking a view between bushes . |
| 24 | Murtach had learned of a great wolf pack that seemed to roam west of the Skriaig and had been seen by a few desperate hunters seeking deer beyond Ralarth 's borders . |
| 25 | Token bets had been made by a few on the opposing Southern team , so Rex was able to ‘ collect ’ from long time colleagues as well as being presented with a cheque b Mr Ellis . |
| 26 | My ‘ heavenly brother ’ was not a Sasse boy , but from the primary school in nearby Mutengene mission where I had been staying for a few days . |
| 27 | Sarah told her that John had secured a job in an hotel but had been sacked after a few days . |
| 28 | Her smoking experiences , hitherto , had been confined to a few borrowed puffs from Walter Ash 's cigarettes , and some experimental moments , at the age of twelve , in the school bicycle shed . |
| 29 | It was unlikely that murder had been committed for a few pounds , but one could never be sure . |
| 30 | Oh I du n no , I 've been looking at a few , not that probably , not in the top ten |