Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun pl] [adv] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a few moments more she struggled , but he felt her resistance weakening . |
| 2 | I honestly do n't know , when I spoke to her this morning she said she has n't erm for a , for a few weeks now she has n't placed anybody |
| 3 | For a few yards now she had been aware of a car cruising behind her . |
| 4 | As short a time as a few weeks previously she had been , when not bored , repelled by his music . |
| 5 | Until a few days ago she had n't even seen a submarine . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I asked Kim to put down on paper in a few sentences how she felt about her new shape . |
| 8 | 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 . |