Example sentences of "[pron] had [verb] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The water was deep in the middle , so I had to swim for a few metres . |
| 2 | This brought the number of District Geologists in Edinburgh up to 3 , a repetition of the situation which had existed for a few years in the 1920s . |
| 3 | He claimed later that he had done so for the reason that a few months earlier he had sold a stallion to Dunlop which had died within a few weeks and that his motive had been to recompense Dunlop for his loss . |
| 4 | Understandably Diana found it hard to concentrate on the cookery course she had enrolled in a few days before her father suffered his stroke . |
| 5 | In all her short life Sally-Anne had never before encountered the squalor which she had seen in the few days since she had arrived in these poor streets in the hinterland between London Docks and Stepney . |
| 6 | So she had jumped to a few incorrect conclusions about Piers . |
| 7 | Her lovely face came before his eyes and he thought how beautifully she had played on the few occasions she had come down here with him . |
| 8 | Molly spoke with quiet confidence as though she had become in the few hours since their arrival the owner of ‘ La Felicità ’ and the organizer of life in the house . |
| 9 | She had passed through a few rooms . |
| 10 | Although aware he was an android , she had thought for a few seconds before removing her clothes . |
| 11 | The Chinese do n't like their planes to fly unless the weather is absolutely O.K. So we had to wait for a few hours for the plane to arrive from Shanghai . |
| 12 | Here the footpath ended so we had to walk for a few hundred yards along a stretch of country road . |
| 13 | They had run into a few mobs of scuffling Haitians , but fortunately , they were mostly without firearms and so the Doctor and Howard had been able to drive through them , sending the mobs scurrying out of their way . |
| 14 | What they had achieved with a few weeks of supplementary feeding was remarkable . |
| 15 | Before he had left for the airport , he had attended to a few last minute details in his study at Buckingham Palace . |
| 16 | Next morning , after a 9.15 breakfast , he discussed with Jones his ideas for a speech he had to make in a few weeks ' time at a Literary Fund dinner . |