Example sentences of "[conj] the [adj] few [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the course of the evening or the next few days you may come across some new information or viewpoint relating to the lecture that you attended . |
| 2 | The message I got was that the last few days it did n't matter a bugger what it cost but we were in desperate straights to get in stock . |
| 3 | ‘ And , while I appreciate your charitable intent in trying to comfort me for Lotta 's absence from my bed , I tell you once more that the time when I might have needed consolation for Lotta 's tricks has long since passed , and the fact that I 've chosen to live the life of a monk for the past six months is because until the past few days I have felt no desire to give in to the temptations paraded before me . ’ |
| 4 | And erm first couple of times I kind of did n't respond , and the next few times I was literally flinching |
| 5 | ‘ But all that day and the next few days I was waiting for someone to come in . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm very much up and down but the past few days I 've amazed myself . |
| 7 | After the first few incidents I began to suspect there was a pattern , so I tried to find it . |
| 8 | After the first few sentences he became bewildered , agitated , thunder-struck . |
| 9 | To her disappointment Nahum only seemed to visit the old and sick , and after the first few days he no longer took her with him , having suffered embarrassment each time he introduced his new wife whose youth could n't be disguised . |
| 10 | After the first few lessons it is important to take it easy and not rush around as this may undo the teacher 's work and the process will take longer to be effective . |