Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb past] the [num ord] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No diet is easy and I found the first few days hard , but by the end of the first week my skin became clearer , my nails grew stronger and my hair was healthy and shining . |
| 2 | We both started to laugh as I had the last few words on the subject . |
| 3 | I know this to my cost as I spent the next few days discovering which Stain Devil cleaning stick was needed to remove most of my portion from Sunil 's white bathroom carpet . |
| 4 | Bernice shivered inside her coat as she ran the last few feet to the stones . |
| 5 | She lay back , her body rigid , as she reviewed the last few catastrophic days of her life . |
| 6 | He looked briefly at his son as he said the last few words , conscious that the boy was watching everything . |