Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] she [was/were] " in BNC.

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1 Still , it was true in the main , so for the few weeks she was to be in Venice she would take the greatest care to have as little to do with him as possible .
2 After a few moments she was saying very natural and quite irritable ‘ ouches ’ when Phoebe prodded too hard .
3 For a few moments she was laughing so much she could n't speak .
4 Then for a few days she was quiet .
5 For a few seconds she was transfixed by the speed of his action and the total unexpectedness of his assault plus a shocked awareness that she was more mentally revolted by his action than she was physically .
6 Within a few hours she was transferred to the neurosurgical unit at Addenbrookes hospital , Cambridge .
7 I had to wait until the female was bulging-ripe , so within a few days she was brooding .
8 At first , her face burned and she was often defeated in her purpose but within a few weeks she was indistinguishable from the seasoned bargainers .
9 In a few minutes she was calmer .
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