Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] only a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the water I found only a few coins because the beach dropped off quite steeply into the water , making it difficult to detect . |
| 2 | At first I heard only a few calls ; within ten minutes , at least twice as many animals were calling , and , by circling about the pool , I observed that a steady stream of spadefoots was coming from all directions to the breeding area . |
| 3 | No , I will not ; I have only a few minutes left . |
| 4 | I know that I have only a few hours left to live , but I can feel my loved ones near me , and I welcome death . |
| 5 | I have only a few weeks to live . ’ |
| 6 | I have only a few doses of the drug left . |
| 7 | It seemed impossible that the leopard could cross that open space , on which grew only a few clumps of coarse grass , without being seen . |
| 8 | To Joseph 's delight the Resident Superior led his entourage to the very front of the audience chamber and the American boy found himself standing only a few feet away from the throne where the Emperor Khai Dinh , a slender , almost feminine figure , sat swathed in a golden robe of richly embroidered silk . |
| 9 | A few things remained in the bureau drawer ; the odds and ends that accumulate in drawers : an engagement diary for 1981 which had only a few entries ; an old wallet , empty except for an out-of-date RAC membership card . |
| 10 | Space allows me to discuss only a few aspects of the curriculum in any detail . |
| 11 | There were no preparations at Thornfield , and no visits to the Ingram family , who lived only a few miles away . |
| 12 | These qualification courses form a greater proportion of the total training carried out by the libraries who listed only a few programmes for 1984/5 ( see Table 9 ) , in general tending to constitute the main type of development training for non-professionals , especially in smaller libraries . |
| 13 | ‘ But you returned only a few weeks ago , during Holy Week ? ’ |
| 14 | This is due to the fact that if there is no insider dealing ‘ those who transact only a few moments apart may get very different prices and will view the market as performing unfairly ’ . |
| 15 | The importance of getting a good start now becomes obvious , since if you fall only a few metres behind in the first minute after the start you fall into everyone else 's dirty wind and drop even further back . |
| 16 | When you find you have only a few hours to spare you can choose the best swim for that particular period . |
| 17 | It may be all very well when you have a goal in sight and you have only a few weeks to get through . |
| 18 | AVCs are a very efficient way of saving , especially if you have only a few years to go before you retire . |
| 19 | In my long experience of this species , I have noticed that as long as you have only a few juveniles over 1″ , these seem to stop growing at around 1.25″ , until an adult dies , whereupon a young fish will fill the gap and grow on to adult size at a remarkable rate . |
| 20 | ‘ That is not easy because we have only a few days together after being split for 10 months . |
| 21 | When writing the book Alain-Fournier drew on personal experience : at the age of nineteen he had fallen in love with a young woman he saw at the Lycée and with whom , though they exchanged only a few words , he felt a powerful affinity . |
| 22 | For the first few months they earned only a few pennies a week between them and Sal became convinced they would all end up in the workhouse if they kept failing to cough up the rent . |
| 23 | It moves slowly , wearily and as if to ensure that you understand that it is tired ; it goes only a few degrees above the horizon , making a long , low arc . |
| 24 | So do we understand from that that in the event it made only a few seconds difference , if at all ? |
| 25 | With me it has done well not only in a sheltered , sunny position ( the best conditions ) but also in a place where it has only a few hours of direct sunshine each day . |
| 26 | He played only a few times for Clarke 's side before leaving to join the United All-England XI upon its formation in 1852 . |
| 27 | He spent only a few hours in prison ; but when he was released the heads of all the foreign missions in London ( except that of Sweden , which was then at war with Russia ) accompanied him to his house in a demonstration of solidarity and next morning visited him to promise their support . |
| 28 | It takes only a few minutes . |
| 29 | If the skin is healthy , it takes only a few minutes for the molecules to be absorbed ; much longer if the skin is congested or if there is much subcutaneous fat . |
| 30 | It takes only a few minutes down to the shore , and I stop by the pier where one or two herring gulls are sitting rather listlessly , and a couple of hooded crows are poking about on the beach . |