Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | No answer , then Spencer passed out for a few seconds , only to wake to the pungent smell of burning and the sharp realisation that he must now get out of the thing . |
| 2 | Bryn 's mouth worked silently for a few seconds . |
| 3 | The boy fought wildly for a few seconds but then his right arm was bent back behind him until he called out in the most desperate agony he had ever known . |
| 4 | A good many boys and girls had joined the crowd now and shouts of laughter broke out as a few of them came out from the gate in the kitchen-garden wall , their hands full of ripe peaches , their chins dripping with juice . |
| 5 | A few dozen herring here or there ; nobody troubled : every child went home with a few dozen herring on a string . |
| 6 | Work ended abruptly after a few years — the builders did n't even bother to take their ladder away . |
| 7 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
| 8 | A second night jar started up at a few yards distant . |
| 9 | Dona Marguerita coughed wheezily for a few moments before resuming the interview . |
| 10 | Afterwards the whole group stayed on for a few extra days . |
| 11 | For many mammals , the smell bond built up during the few hours after birth is crucial . |
| 12 | Rose drove silently for a few minutes . |
| 13 | and we 'd been up all night serving troops and er , you see , and then the Manager said , well look er now and have some breakfast before we get th another telegram and we were next door to the Telegram Office , you see , and when , when the erm war , during the war , you see , the man would come out of the Telegraph Office and he would say er and er , you see , all the lights went out except a few lights along the back of the counter . |
| 14 | Jessamy stood there for a few moments , staring at his retreating back . |
| 15 | I remember once a large white-tailed mongoose scuttled past within a few feet of us . |
| 16 | He and Sybil took off for a few weeks ' holiday before going back to London . |
| 17 | At the 13th , Woosnam was heckled and a cheer went up from a few spectators as he put his drive into the creek . |
| 18 | The Steady State Theory floundered on for a few more years , being continually revised , but eventually its three proponents conceded defeat . |
| 19 | Our takings went up by a few shillings each week and pretty soon we had to expand and move the kitchens upstairs , where Malc 's Mom made our famous home-made pies ' . |
| 20 | After a time the goat disappeared , and its place was taken by some hens , and these hens I looked after when , as quite often happened , their mistress went away for a few days . |
| 21 | San Vincenzo is a lovely resort of clear soft sands interrupted only by a few emerging reefs . |
| 22 | I was really touched when all the McCarthys drove up with a few bits and pieces . |
| 23 | The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel . |
| 24 | The Threarah waited politely for a few moments and then he said , " Well , now , and what ought we to do about it , I wonder ? |
| 25 | Our son Greg came over for a few days to do some business in England and to see his father . |
| 26 | Rose begged him to think of a plan , and the doctor thought hard for a few minutes , frowning fiercely . |
| 27 | The Festival is showing a selection of classics mixed in with a few notable recent releases . |
| 28 | This situation carried on for a few weeks , she would try to talk but always just ended up leaving some food on the step . |
| 29 | The attendant came back after a few minutes , its little red boots ruffling the hem of its robe . |
| 30 | The most enduring band of their time now seem like a memory bound up in a few classic singles and a reputation for ‘ nuttiness ’ . |