Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] [subord] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After a few weeks though they went back to school and I started my course again . |
| 2 | The Wedding Present violently oppose most rock 'n' roll ethos , but perhaps one of the few areas where they have shown loyalty to tradition has been their gluttonous appetite for live work . |
| 3 | Coventry v Arsenal Arsenal return to one of the few grounds where they were beaten last season , with their match winner against Manchester United , Groves , likely to partner Smith up front again . |
| 4 | They took breath for a few moments before they emerged , after the third volley , to finish what they had begun , the Welsh swordsmen boiling out of the bushes joyously on their heels . |
| 5 | They fell silent for a few moments as they drank their tea . |
| 6 | Most continue ripening in store until ready for the table , but a few varieties must be brought into the warm for a few days before they are ready to eat . |
| 7 | They were usually listless for a few days before they collapsed , breathing with evident difficulty and , in a few cases , discharging a white frothy liquid from their nostrils . |
| 8 | So this morning the fat little chap in the long white coat who was sorting us out in the Dean 's Office said I 'd better come along here for a few days until they got me organized with another partner . |
| 9 | The fighting continued for a few seconds before they realised that it was no longer dark . |
| 10 | For a few seconds as they descended , he had an unimpeded view through a gap in the trees of the west front of the chapel . |
| 11 | How avoid lending multinationals a green gloss in the few areas where they are performing well , while they otherwise continue in their evil ways ? |
| 12 | In the few years since they have been in existence , the colleges of higher education have had little or no guidance , from the DES or anywhere else , as to the directions they might follow . |
| 13 | Every sunset the apes would return from their day 's foraging to sleep in the branches of this giant tree , and we were driven to distraction by our repeated attempts to film them properly in the few seconds after they arrived and before the sun set . |
| 14 | Every nation believes that its enemies were the aggressors , and may make war again in a few years unless they are utterly defeated . |
| 15 | He was perfectly amiable to her on the few occasions when they did meet ; sometimes she even felt that he liked her . |