Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] few [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the past few hours she had been too busy to think of her own problem . |
| 2 | For the past few minutes she had not really been paying much attention to the direction and she looked round worriedly . |
| 3 | For the past few months it 's been more or less constantly at the limit — the £300,000 cheque put it unacceptably over . " |
| 4 | ‘ For the past few years I have built my life around rugby and I am happy to go on doing that until I ca n't go any further in the game ’ , he said . |
| 5 | For the past few years he has been joined in aspects of his research and conservation work by Dr Jane O'Sullivan , an agricultural scientist with an interest in the relationship between humanity and the natural world . |
| 6 | For the past few days he had brought security into her child 's world of distorted perspectives and half comprehended fears . |
| 7 | While she stood staring at it , breathing heavily and conscious that if anyone had made a fool of herself during the past few minutes it was Melissa Craig , the phone began to ring again . |
| 8 | During the past few years we have been almost suffocated under a pile of reminiscences . |
| 9 | Even so , during the past few years we have seen some large stores opening on Sundays , in apparent defiance of the law . |
| 10 | During the past few years I have been fortunate enough to have a couple of RAF students each summer from the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham . |
| 11 | During the past few years she has been forced to endure : — A break-in at her home and the loss of £5,500 ; — A series of raids on her office which eventually prompted the company to move elsewhere in the town ; — Drunks breaking into the company headquarters to sleep off their drinking binges ; — Car theft and vehicle damage . |
| 12 | Critics of multimedia say that it is a solution looking for a problem , but during the past few years it has delivered many useful applications , some of them in the financial sector . |
| 13 | Knew that she had warmed to him , that she wanted to ease his grief , and for a dangerous few seconds he thought he would cry . |
| 14 | From the following few recipes it is easy to see that there was never any one method of making English fruit creams and fools , and that over the past three centuries the two have fused . |
| 15 | Sir , — In the past few months we have heard much regarding possible reforms in the working of parliament . |
| 16 | I am glad to report that in the past few months we have made real progress with the car manufacturers . |
| 17 | After reading some of the criticisms from readers in the past few months I felt that it was about time I wrote in . |
| 18 | In the past few months it has become clear to Her Majesty that her own children have spectacularly failed in their duty to the Crown . |
| 19 | In the past few months he has sided with those in the party and the army who have long wanted a crackdown . |
| 20 | And tragically , in the past few weeks we have seen the US and its Allies carry out over 44,000 sorties over a period of 20 days against the people of Iraq . |
| 21 | I guess that in referring to that issue in the past few weeks we have been guilty of understating the size of the problem . |
| 22 | Can I just ask you , in the past few weeks we 've all heard , and in fact I 've cited some figures in this programme , that , you know , people have been staying away . |
| 23 | Over and over again in the past few weeks he has shown himself to be leading a rudderless , aimless Government . |
| 24 | In the past few days they have detected a slide in that support . |
| 25 | In the past few years they have done such a great job in establishing a platform to build on . ’ |
| 26 | In the past few years we have seen conservatories grow in popularity . |
| 27 | And in the past few years we 've had to go into clearing as most other universities would do . |
| 28 | The Colonel always sought her out on the Thursday of her visit , and in the past few years he had , in the most circumspect manner , pressed his suit . |
| 29 | ‘ Having been so close to winning the title in the past few years I thought this was going to be my chance but the draws have just dried up and I ca n't seem to get near fish , ’ said Dave from Hednesford , Staffordshire . |
| 30 | In the past few years I have been involved in a Seminar for senior administrators from the Third World studying at British Universities A group of 25 or 30 is gathered each year at Plockton in Wester Ross by the British Council , the ODA and the Highland Board . |