Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Hopefully I will be able to continue with a few engagements when I return to Northern Ireland . ’ |
| 32 | The political activity of women is limited and , in the few cases where they do achieve positions of some power , these positions are often linked to the traditional female role . |
| 33 | However , in the few cases where it does occur , this type of update pattern makes timing calculations relatively easy . |
| 34 | Some information on survivors is very sketchy , and in order to maintain some form of balance in the listing , we have refrained from giving serial numbers , registrations ( in the few places where they apply ) or similar . |
| 35 | On several of the meres I fish I can tell to within a few minutes when I will get bites . |
| 36 | Modigliani saw the potential of the boy , who ironically became Beatrice 's lover within a few years when he was 18 and she was over 40 . |
| 37 | He held the same office under Richard III ( apart from a few months when it was held by the duke of Buckingham ) and as the main financial officer in south Wales was largely responsible for funding royal servants such as Tyrell and Richard Newton . |
| 38 | He held the same office under Richard III ( apart from a few months when it was held by the duke of Buckingham ) and as the main financial officer in south Wales was largely responsible for funding royal servants such as Tyrell and Richard Newton . |
| 39 | Until a few years ago it was possible to stand on the incline , particularly in summer , without becoming the least aware that here once stood one of the most complex and sophisticated pieces of apparatus ever constructed on English canals , and the idea of two narrow boats going up while another pair came down would have been quite beyond belief . |
| 40 | Until a few years ago it had been clear that the courts would be prepared in such situations to exhibit a marked degree of ‘ tenderness ’ towards wives in such cases , greater tenderness in fact than would be applied to any other third party surety . |
| 41 | ‘ But until a few years ago you were chairman , Mr Glastonbury . ’ |
| 42 | Until a few days ago she had n't even seen a submarine . |
| 43 | Mrs Caroline Ford , who has lived in Colston Avenue , Carshalton , one street away from the main line for 15 years , said : ‘ Until a few weeks ago we were shielded from the line by a long row of beautiful trees . |
| 44 | Until a few weeks ago you were jumping with passion . |
| 45 | Until a few weeks ago she had been scarcely aware of him except as a friendly and familiar face in class ; but now , now she was very much aware of him — and he was very definitely aware of her ; much to Erika 's embarrassment sitting with her and Rosa at lunch , at the next desk in class , asking her out to the cinema and even , to Erika 's amazement and , she suspected , his own , offering to help Paul with his homework — in the Nordern home , that is — an offer declined both by Erika and Paul , although Paul did corner Fritz in school and suggest to him that if he actually did the homework then he , Paul , would further his , Fritz 's , courtship of Erika ; Paul being shrewd enough to guess the motive behind Fritz 's philanthropic gesture even though the square on the hypotenuse might remain a mystery to him . |
| 46 | I asked Kim to put down on paper in a few sentences how she felt about her new shape . |
| 47 | As Betty talked about the rain of the previous days the builder spoke briefly of water tables ; as she deplored the unemployment in the principality he gave a succinct resumé of the economic situation ; as , somewhat at a loss , she praised the sun for now shining , Emyr described in a few words how it would eventually burn itself out . |
| 48 | I can just imagine what it 's gon na look like in a few years when it gets |
| 49 | We shall have Bryan Robson and Lee Sharpe mush fitter in a few weeks when they have had more games . ’ |
| 50 | And , in a few weeks when he sees how business is going , he will make the decision as to whether to confirm you in the part or to recast . ’ |
| 51 | ZOOLOGIST Kristy Bird 's love affair with Africa resumes in a few weeks when she embarks on a special project to study the impact of poaching on Kenya 's elephant population . |
| 52 | On the few occasions when I had ventured a criticism , he always picked on some word or expression I used to prove his point , claiming that it was a subconscious betrayal of my true nature and my real thought . |
| 53 | On the few occasions when she had been compelled to enter the water , she had stayed in the very shallowest part of the pool and had never for a moment released her grip on the handrail . |
| 54 | He used to work as a policeman and , on the few occasions when he was in extreme danger , automatically did whatever had to be done without any thought for his own safety . |
| 55 | He was impressed by her intelligence and , on the few occasions when he asked her opinion , by the growing assurance of her taste . |
| 56 | For example , one director commented that when he saw a topic referred to a few times then it would ‘ click ’ in his mind , and he would then consider if it could have some significance to his company . |
| 57 | Glen Campbell used a similar approach on a few tracks when he did the sessions for The Everlys ' wonderful Great Country Hits album of 1963 . |