Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] few [noun pl] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past few days they have detected a slide in that support . |
| 2 | In the past few years they have done such a great job in establishing a platform to build on . ’ |
| 3 | In the past year they have lost a bishop in a love-child affair but over the past few days they had more faith in prayer than in their politicians when it came to saving the Digital computer plant . |
| 4 | Over the past few months they have been told that their primary and community health care is awful ; now the government tells them that accident and emergency departments will shut , along with 2000-odd hospital beds , when their immediate evidence is that it is hard to get into hospital . |
| 5 | Over the past few weeks they 'd been rubbing along fairly civilly , though not without the occasional spark flying between them . |