Example sentences of "[adv] in [art] few [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps in a few years I would n't have done . ’ |
| 2 | While it was true that the experience of dependants ' benefits demonstrated to the Ministry of Labour that ‘ not in a few cases they enabled respectable and industrious men and women to avoid having recourse to the Poor Law ’ ( Ministry of Labour , 1924 , p. 10 ) , the restoration and continuation of dependants ' allowances and the establishment of uniform minimum scales of Poor Law outdoor relief in January 1922 owed much to the activities of the National Unemployed Workers ' Movement , which organised protests na-tionally as well as against local Boards of Guardians . |
| 3 | Then in a few minutes they were gone and quiet descended on our yard — but not for long . |
| 4 | You 'll take him home with you to avoid gossip , and then in a few days he 'll be fit enough to leave the country . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Then in a few months you could have a thriving business here , Mr Robinson . |