Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a sigh I went on a few steps further to George 's office and found him as I 'd expected , fully dressed , lightly napping , with worked-on forms pushed to one side beside an empty coffee cup . |
| 2 | It was just a fantasy I nurtured for a few years as I puffed and panted my way through the ten-foots and alleyways of downtown Hull . |
| 3 | A few years ago I and my two sons made an amazing discovery — a discovery we shared with a few of our colleagues here . |
| 4 | The unusual job I have for a few weeks is to collect unpublished or limited circulation material for whizzkid computer boffins in Oxford to tag and analyse on computers . |
| 5 | Is the price we pay for a few moments of Mills and Boon romance too high , leaving an aftermath of bitterness , boredom and let-down ? |
| 6 | When we reached the jetty we paused for a few moments to look across at the islet . |
| 7 | In his later life he became for a few months nearly as famous as Ramsey , though in a different context . |
| 8 | In any case it succumbed within a few years to the stresses of the Seven Years War , and was not revived until 1775 . |
| 9 | As we turned another corner we came across a few villagers handling copra . |
| 10 | Last autumn he came within a few minutes of death when he slashed his wrists with a razor blade . |
| 11 | In any case , how could she look into his eyes and convince him she would n't touch him with a ten-foot pole when every time he came within a few feet of her she quivered inside , remembering the fierce and all too brief pressure of his mouth on hers ? |