Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [art] [adj] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About how Mr Harker was going out of business , which was why they 'd all been pushed harder than ever the last few weeks . |
| 2 | The bomb had been a direct hit and only the last few dwellings had still been standing afterwards . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's as if only the last few hours of my life were real . |
| 4 | The UK government measures the lead in tapwater that has been running for several minutes , as it would be if you had a bath in it , and not the first few pints or cupfuls , as you would use for cooking or making a cup of tea . |
| 5 | There should have been plenty of time for all the work we planned , but what with all the delays of getting the assay going in an unfamiliar lab , as well as making a quick canter round a dozen or so Australian campuses to give seminars , it was n't until almost the last few days of my visit , during a long car journey through the outback to attend a biochemistry congress at Brisbane , that I managed to decode and assemble all the data . |
| 6 | But then the final few dates were dropped and Scotty phoned the office in person , to say he 'd now love to talk to us . |