Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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1 | For the few minutes he was trapped there he could feel the pull of the ocean on his legs . |
2 | The law demanded that they attend school for the few hours they were not in the theatre , but time spent on education was minimal as the pantomime was so popular that there were matinées most days . |
3 | Still , it was true in the main , so for the few weeks she was to be in Venice she would take the greatest care to have as little to do with him as possible . |
4 | After a few moments she was saying very natural and quite irritable ‘ ouches ’ when Phoebe prodded too hard . |
5 | After a few minutes we were shaking hands . |
6 | After a few minutes they were half opened and a middle-aged woman came and sat on the chair by his bed . |
7 | If your symptoms do n't go away after a few minutes it is probable that you have n't caught it quickly enough and in this case you will need to use the technique of ‘ rebreathing ’ . |
8 | After a few minutes it was the same inside . |
9 | Gaining height rapidly , heading east , after a few minutes it was enveloped by clouds and lost to view . ’ |
10 | After a few years he was able to believe that guilt itself was an indulgence , that he did n't need to suffer it unless he chose . |
11 | The guards knew full well what was happening and we knew that after a few days they were likely to get heavy about it . |
12 | After a few days he is well enough to travel and one of Leavitt 's Willys safari cars takes them home . |
13 | ‘ After a few days I was n't half as hungry and found it easier to cut down . |
14 | After a few days I was allowed downstairs and began to eat proper meals again , and two weeks later I started back at school . |
15 | After a few touch-and-goes I was able to clean-up slickly : throttles carefully forward a couple of inches at main-wheel touch ( no automatic fuel control below 16,000 rpm ) , hold the nose-wheel an inch or two off the tarmac and retract the airbrakes ( thumb switch up for speed-up ) , a bit more throttle , flaps to fifteen ( toggle switch on side console forward — do n't even contemplate touching that too-obtrusive up-and-down flap-shaped undercarriage selector in the corner of you eye on the panel ahead ) , more power , the roar deepens with a steady push from behind , glance at the ASI , full throttle , speed building through ninety , rotate , positive climb , gear up , speed 120 , flaps up speed 170 , crank on the bank and we are downwind again . |
16 | After a few sessions it was becoming clear that Henry 's impact on the scheme was reciprocal . |
17 | I was no match for your proud , muscular strength : after a few yards I was exhausted , and you would take over , shoving the burden along with tireless energy . |
18 | Dexter wondered at first whether it was because he was black or a probationer , but after a few months he was sure it was because of his Jamaican origins . |
19 | Well so that yo about Adrian after a few weeks it 's you know |
20 | She had seen so many of the students set out from her door , awkward and anxious , and after a few weeks it was as if they had been studying there all their lives . |
21 | ‘ Vicky adores the dog and she is one of the few things she is interested in . |
22 | British Telecommunications Plc said yesterday it plans to start selling satellite dishes and receivers by Christmas , making the move since it is one of the few activities it is allowed to pursue in the entertainment arena : ‘ We see it as a very important part of our wish to be part of the converging area of telephony , entertainment and computers , ’ the company told Reuter ; the company will reportedly source the equipment from two unidentified UK companies , in a move that is a significant threat to Amstrad Plc , whose shares fell tuppence to 31p . |
23 | She left the surgery clutching Lizzie 's collar ; in the space of a few minutes it was all she had been left with , apart from memories . |
24 | She lay back with a little thud and for a few minutes they were both silent . |
25 | For a few minutes I was free of this terrible worry about who I am , about my family . |
26 | ‘ For a few minutes I was at peace with myself . ’ |
27 | The bathroom 's a bit chilly but once you 've put that heater on and shut the door for a few minutes it 's |
28 | For a few moments I was intensely conscious of the tree and saw nothing else . |
29 | For a few moments I was utterly terrified . |
30 | For a few moments I was silent , feeling her sorrow , so discordant among the bright seasonal colours of this festive room . |