Example sentences of "[art] few [noun pl] the [noun] was " in BNC.

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1 For a few moments the corpse was trapped on a half-sunken log , then an eddy loosed the dead man and carried him westwards .
2 This was the rime when everyone had a siesta and for a few hours the village was virtually dead .
3 And after just a few minutes the cold was starting to get through .
4 Within a few minutes the basket was more than half full of food , and Mary was pouring the soup into the thermos .
5 Led by Lt Fusata Iida they flew in at a height of 50ft and within a few minutes the airfield was a smoking mess .
6 Within a few minutes the picture was effervescing as part of it had been painted on gesso .
7 One of the doctors managed to get the laundry going again and in a few days the hospital was evacuated to a small country town .
8 Within a few years the organisation was divided by decision of Annual Conference into seven districts , each covering between two and seven branches and each electing one representative to the Executive , except London , which was given two .
9 Within only a few years the company was exporting its products to central Europe , Russia and the US .
10 After a few weeks the female was observed ‘ glancing ’ off the side of the male and both were developing breeding coloration .
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