Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | After trudging disconsolately round a few bars , I went back to our cheap hostel , where to my relief I found Dana snoring in the double bed we were to share . |
| 2 | Because they arrive with an expectation of moving on within a few years they refrain — ; if only for reasons of emotional self-defence — from putting down ‘ roots ’ and involving themselves too closely in village affairs . |
| 3 | Whether or not this small-scale self-publication works in terms of sales is less important than the extraordinary experience it can provide : that of working hard with a few other writers at making something , putting something into print . |
| 4 | The weather was still warm and sunny , though , an Indian summer that looked like stretching on for a few more days yet . |
| 5 | Best wishes and thanks for making the old rag worth reading again for a few years … |
| 6 | I think I 've enough of my own without looking round for a few more . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm fine now and looking forward to getting home for a few days . |
| 8 | There 's no alternative , I 'm afraid , to covering up for a few days , using a higher SPF sunscreen and taking care to stay out of the sun as much as possible . |
| 9 | So all them hassles what you 're gon na get in the future when they they 're gon na fall out in a few years time . |
| 10 | Why not extend you holiday by staying on for a few nights in Copenhagen ? |
| 11 | However the theory behind it is sound : there is greater scope for improving performance by concentrating on the average producer than by focusing exclusively on a few " bad apples " ( Berwick 1989 ) . |
| 12 | There was no rain in the darkness , and she could make even its sound go away by concentrating hard for a few moments . |