Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We decided to draw our internal auditors from operational staff across the board so that over a few years everyone would have the opportunity to be an auditor as well as being audited themselves . |
| 32 | League is concerned , is the amount of money coming into the game and the danger that over a few years it could widen the division between the haves and the have-nots . |
| 33 | I er I can only write it from a Jewish perspective , it 's the perspective I stand at , but it seems to me that beyond a few superficialities there is no such thing as Jewish spiritual truth any more than there is Jewish mathematical truth . |
| 34 | A petite , pleasant-faced doxy , however , caught my eye and for a few hours I became old Shallot again , whiling away the time , telling the most outrageous stories and making her laugh both in the taproom and on her feather-filled mattress in the chamber above . |
| 35 | She lay back with a little thud and for a few minutes they were both silent . |
| 36 | George drove , not going anywhere , and for a few minutes he said nothing , then : ‘ Ecology . |
| 37 | They sat in their saddles , and for a few minutes there was a great peace , as if the world held its breath at the beauty of this Irish evening . |
| 38 | And for a few moments everything else was forgotten . |
| 39 | He continued up the hill , and she went on down ; but a few paces further on she stopped and looked back , and it was at that precise moment that it happened , because he had turned back as well and for a few moments they looked longingly at each other , each tongue-tied , but each sure , now , of the other 's feelings . |
| 40 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said briefly , and for a few moments they studied each other . |
| 41 | Actually , I did n't like the way Diggs questioned me about what had happened , and for a few moments I thought he might have guessed , but my replies seemed to satisfy him . |
| 42 | Nuala positively glowed , and for a few moments she looked like a child who had been given a present . |
| 43 | And for a few weeks I was happy . |
| 44 | And for a few years it had just about done so . |
| 45 | ‘ She came back again when the baby was born and for a few months she tried , I 'll give her that . |
| 46 | Bellybutton was McIllvanney 's foreman , and for a few seconds I dared hope that he had come to help us , but instead he told me that one of the bareboat thirty-three-footers was in trouble . |
| 47 | His hotel room had three beds , and for a few days he shared it with two German boys , students , who had enormous rucksacks and bulky guidebooks , and who were eager for Tim to go round with them . |
| 48 | Take particular note of every spot you see a bream roll , and after a few visits you will be able to form an accurate picture of where , how long , and what pattern the route forms . |
| 49 | The strange , rank smell was stronger than ever and after a few moments they all heard a heavy movement close by . |
| 50 | Their arguments were faultless and after a few moments I felt myself drowning in doubt , drowning in the time trap surrounding the area . |
| 51 | I did n't quite close the door , and after a few moments I could hear her footsteps walking briskly past . |
| 52 | He disappeared into the stable and after a few moments I peeped inside . |
| 53 | His presence inhibited her , completely destroying the pleasant atmosphere which had prevailed between Rob and herself , and after a few moments she took no part in the talk , merely listening with interest to Rob 's account of his holiday . |
| 54 | They headed north , and after a few minutes she began to think she might actually survive . |
| 55 | I did so and after a few minutes he said , ‘ Good enough , now you can continue in English . ’ |
| 56 | Derek Hegarty says it 's been tougher than they expected because the winds up in Scotland were very strong and after a few days they had troubles with their knees but they 've managed to keep going … |
| 57 | He became ill , and after a few days he died in my arms . |
| 58 | But it was only somewhere about thirty degrees Celsius and after a few days I had become accustomed to the change in temperature . |
| 59 | Sometimes Buddie stacked trays of eggs above the pipes to incubate , and after a few days there would be dozens of fluffy , chirruping chicks hatching out in the heat . |
| 60 | As it turned out , I was a dreadful croupier and after a few weeks they put me on coats and hats . |