Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let me just run through a few features of American political life which make it rather different to er to our own er sceptred isle . |
| 2 | a combine , which only works for a few days or weeks in the year is far too costly for a smallholder , who must either rely on a contractor or work with simpler equipment . |
| 3 | Some women have minor side-effects which normally pass in a few months . |
| 4 | Even if you only work for a few hours a week , take out professional indemnity insurance . |
| 5 | She only stayed for a few months , then she became unwell and had to give up the job . |
| 6 | No she only stayed for a few weeks in Summer |
| 7 | Had she also changed in a few short months ? |
| 8 | We obviously put in a few more details … |
| 9 | Unfortunately this is a problem which faces both kites er and ospreys and , and some other birds of prey , so er we always look for a few losses , but we hope that nevertheless , in a good season like this , the birds will breed well enough to produce good numbers of young . |
| 10 | We also stopped after a few paces and turned to look back at her . |
| 11 | They only appeal to a few , and some people are repelled by them . |
| 12 | Ninety six male patients admitted to four surgical wards for elective repair of inguinal hernias under general anaesthesia were interviewed in hospital on the day before surgery and asked to complete two self evaluation questionnaires : a screen for pre-existing anxiety or depressive states using the hospital anxiety and depression scale ( HADS ) , in which patients were asked to score answers based on how they generally felt over the few weeks before admission , and an assessment of their current state of anxiety ( Spielberger STAI-X1 ) . |
| 13 | Where once they flew in such flocks that they threw shadows over the earth , they now survive in a few straggling colonies . |
| 14 | It usually starts shortly after the animals have been weaned and in most instances it only persists for a few months . |
| 15 | It usually leads to a few cracked paving stones , ’ he said . |
| 16 | The Valley is the capital of the area but do n't expect much — it simply consists of a few official buildings , shops and the island 's only traffic light ! |
| 17 | He then fainted for a few seconds . |
| 18 | He then appeared in a few Austrian films before fleeing from the Nazis in the late 1930s . |
| 19 | The two or three families who had come without money or slaves and who had kept themselves rigorously segregated from the few black people they found already on the island , were still shunning newcomers . |