Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [art] few [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Having used version 5.5 for only a few days I could never go back .
2 For just a few seconds she stood petrified ; then , taking a deep , shuddering breath , she ran down the entry and into Lyra Street .
3 I am left to live out my life with only the few possessions I have managed to buy from my pension , because of Gary .
4 Given that it is based on a model which examined variation among electoral wards within only a few regions it could be argued that it is more validly applied at a local level .
5 Sit down at your machine with a cassette player and knit , following Diane 's clear and helpful explanations and in just a few hours YOU will be the master of your machine !
6 In just a few moments you can see how much easier your working life could become .
7 I took Oliver 's flowers , and fed them petal-first into the grinder , and in just a few minutes I had reduced his gift to a sludge which the cold water was washing away down the waste-pipe .
8 Besides — ’ again she pried her eyes away from the eyeglasses and looked at her cousin ‘ — in just a few minutes you are going to be transformed into a femme fatale .
9 In just a few days he had pushed back the horizons of her world far out of sight .
10 That you se it was , it was on here a few times he talks deliberately , and rather slow
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