Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within only a few years the company was exporting its products to central Europe , Russia and the US . |
| 2 | In only a few moments the sheets , the bedding , all drenched . |
| 3 | In just a few cases the bonds that lie behind these transactions have survived , which show how his loans were arranged and secured . |
| 4 | In just a few days the centre will be a hive of activity . |
| 5 | Indeed , during almost a thousand years the only important legislation concerning English highways was a statute dating from the reign of Edward I. It required lords of manors to supervise the felling of trees and undergrowth up to 200ft on both sides of any ‘ highway ’ that led from one market town to another . |