Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , and I have even added in a few pictures which have never been seen before . |
| 2 | In order to understand the press reporting of rape trials we need to concentrate on the few cases which got enormous publicity in 1985 . |
| 3 | Bourdieu 's articles on markets preceded by a few years his pieces on ‘ fields ’ . |
| 4 | if you would n't mind in the meantime if you could think of a few names you know as you 're going about your daily business . |
| 5 | I find myself pausing for a few dots myself before I turn over the page to find where all this is leading . |
| 6 | Beeney was well positioned for the few shots he had to take . |
| 7 | The University 's Alumni Office can provide help and advice to groups , whether they consist of a few friends who meet informally from time to time , a group from a particular department or year who wish to arrange a special reunion , or a more established society like the ones described on these pages . |
| 8 | But it seemed like every few months there 'd be another little trip up . |
| 9 | But how could I achieve in a few minutes what I had failed to accomplish after hours of trying ? |
| 10 | Scholz was wearing that wise , reflective look that pipe-smokers get or act on the few occasions their pipes are working well . |
| 11 | A travel company from Thailand has contacted the People 's Committee about the possibility of bringing in tourists , and the governor of the province , An He , is keen to talk to the few foreigners who pass through about his hypothetical Riviera . |
| 12 | I sat around picking over the few facts I knew . |
| 13 | Try to think of those good points of Sarah 's , Christine , and you wo n't mind about the few points she loses ! ’ |
| 14 | Well let's look at a few examples I 'll take the Korean war of nineteen fifty to fifty three , the Cuban missiles crisis which , although was not an actual war , very nearly threatened a nuclear war , of nineteen sixty two and the Vietnam war of nineteen sixty three to nineteen seventy two . |
| 15 | I want to dwell on this subject a little while , to look at a few areas which are important and necessary and have their foundations in team spirit . |
| 16 | These contrast with a few words which suggest a faint potential disturbance of the underlying calmness : animated , glitter , gleams , ripple . |
| 17 | Her lovely face came before his eyes and he thought how beautifully she had played on the few occasions she had come down here with him . |
| 18 | And now what they 're saying is , well we 'll buy out those appeals , if you had your appeal running for a few years we 'll give you five hundred pound ex gratia payment . |
| 19 | Carole Rue , BT 's network services development manager , said : ‘ Although the trial has only been running for a few weeks we 're most encouraged by the initial response from our customers . |
| 20 | and if you 're coming for a few days you 've , you 've bag carrying and all this in the business |
| 21 | In a political and administrative system as riddled with tradition as the British , the old model could , and probably will , be restored in the few minutes it takes a new prime minister to travel from Buckingham Palace to Downing Street . |
| 22 | The interest is simply focused on the few individuals who commit several serious atrocities . |
| 23 | Rather than focusing on a few substances which are painted in lurid colours , the specialists say , the goal should be a workplace free of compulsive chemical use of all kinds . |
| 24 | Schmidt looked through the few things she brought out . |
| 25 | I thought after a few times she 'll stop and she 'll accept it . |
| 26 | This is obviously easier if you are fishing with a few friends who are prepared to let you move in if they locate the fish first . |
| 27 | It is not difficult to tell from casual chat at court who does what and after dealing with a few claims you soon get to know who is on the other side acting for the insurance companies . |
| 28 | He was like as close as that and he was really staring and he was n't staring at the road cos as I went on a few feet he stared at the car again . |
| 29 | He listened to the few men who had survived for more than a few weeks and talked of ‘ Blighty ’ and prayed only for a ‘ cushy wound ’ so they could be moved to the nearest hospital tent and , if they were among the lucky ones , eventually be sent home to England . |
| 30 | ‘ As I told you , I did n't go out much when I worked in London , but I 've got a silk dress which I wore on the few times I went to the opera . |