Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the dispute in 1984 , striking miners travelling in convoy on the motorway in Nottinghamshire were stopped within a few miles of four collieries . |
| 2 | Her eyes were held for a few moments in the lazy gaze across the desk , then with a conscious effort she blinked herself free , looked down at her notepad . |
| 3 | As in the earlier books , the bravura set-piece dominates , and the most memorable concerns the crates in which the Portuguese have packed up their belongings , and which were eventually shipped out of Africa — Kapuscinski was to stumble on a few of them in Portugal , sunk , as it were , in the sand . |
| 4 | In the early fifties after the war the Home Guard was reformed for a few years and some of us , having been demobbed from the forces rejoined , but somehow the spirit of the " Dads ' Army " had gone and one felt the enthusiasm was not there . |
| 5 | The portrait was painted in a few hours without Modigliani stopping for a single minute . ’ |
| 6 | A political truce was called within a few days of the outbreak of war ; a pact to end contested by-elections was first signed on 6 August , and a joint recruiting drive began before the end of the month . |
| 7 | One afternoon at the beginning of July , when the pub was closed for a few hours , she suggested they might take little Lil out for an airing . |
| 8 | Eventually , as the lunchtime crowds subsided officewards and the pub was left to a few loud tourists , they found a quiet corner and sat down with their drinks . |
| 9 | Its equipment was removed within a few years and , by the late 1920s , it had become home to the Belvedere Upholstery Company , operated by the Tyler family . |
| 10 | This alleyway was shut for a few months and we Hello . |
| 11 | The effect was electric : the girl was released within a few days ; the man remained in jail and in fact served a very long sentence . |
| 12 | Most of those applications were made in a few weeks . |
| 13 | The wood was added to the aquarium and a few strategically placed plastic plants were added with a few well-rounded , safe , large pebbles . |
| 14 | When nobody from the long list of eminent organizations which had registered their opposition could be present , however ( which was most of the time ) , the burden of maintaining a presence and regular cross-examining was left to a few stalwarts . |
| 15 | In the same year 20 per cent of the population was concentrated in a few metropolitan areas each with a population of over half a million . |
| 16 | Obviously Duncan was calling in a few debts . |
| 17 | In the past , the young store cattle were sold after a few months to farmers on the UK mainland but recently the EEC has guaranteed high prices for beef and so many farmers have fattened their calves on their own farms . |
| 18 | Since he had been commissioned in November 1858 , he had ‘ almost wholly devoted ’ himself to the building , and tenders were expected in a few days . |
| 19 | ‘ The shot that killed Garland was fired at a few minutes past ten . |
| 20 | A clear run of four hundred yards was obtained after a few holes had been filled in . |
| 21 | A theory was evolved by a few influential educationalists that if a child is given a basic training in Laban skills then he will have the essential grounding for any future specialisation he may care to follow in gymnastics , dance or drama . |
| 22 | Thee buses were photographed with a few surprised giraffes looking in the windows . |
| 23 | And , indeed , when Indian ink was daubed on a few minnows , which were then put among a school , the painted minnows were disproportionately taken by predators . |
| 24 | However , until quite recently , the possibility of making recordings in Britain was dominated by a few large companies involved in manufacturing and distributing records as well as originating them . |
| 25 | But today , the flooding was limited to a few rural spots where roads were closed and even the main railway line between Swindon and Bristol was under water . |
| 26 | The pale , polished maplewood floor was strewn with a few vibrant kelim rugs . |
| 27 | A diary based development and reporting approach was used in a few cases where close contact with the project team was feasible . |
| 28 | The collection from the nest was made within a few days of the fledglings leaving the nest , and the broken up and trampled remains of pellets and bones from the nest can be mostly attributed to the regurgitated pellets of the fledglings . |
| 29 | In July 1980 , AMES staged its first public demonstration , when the El Calvario church was occupied for a few hours to demand a reduction in the price of basic food stuffs . |
| 30 | The book was a success : 500,000 copies were sold in a few years , and it was translated into all the major European languages . |