Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] the few [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She smiled down at him and realized that in the few weeks he 'd been with her he had not only put on weight but had grown a few inches in height too . |
| 2 | He was making a wonderful recovery and in the few hours we were there we managed to get him on to an ambulance train — off to Myitkyina to be flown out to India . |
| 3 | There was little enough fun in her life ; she had no friends , she rarely left the house and on the few occasions she did , it was never on her own and her only contacts were with her mother , the tutors , some of the servants and Patrick . |
| 4 | For a typical car , the carpet will only be about 2 cm thick , and will be quite short-lived but in the few seconds it lasts before collapsing it will transfer most of its heat to the road . |
| 5 | It was n't that the Captain had anything specific to ask him , but on the few occasions they had worked together the Marshal had always had something helpful to offer . |