Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did that swift eclipse torture you ? /A star at eighteen and then — suddenly gone/ down to a few lines in the back page of a teenage annual/oh but I remember you/I looked up to you ’ — ‘ Little Man , What Now ? ’ . |
| 2 | Payments terminated on 31 May 1753 , but evidently no ill feeling marred the end of Miller 's contract as a few years later he dedicated to the Duke the beautiful Figures of Plants ( 2 vols. ) which had been published in parts from 1755–60 . |
| 3 | The downfall of Mrs Thatcher , the arrival of John Major at 10 Downing Street and the Gulf War took the spotlight away from the Group 's activities for a few months . |
| 4 | New sayings are on everyone 's lips for a few years and then for no reason they disappear , becoming as dead and as dated as the dodo . |
| 5 | Modigliani saw the potential of the boy , who ironically became Beatrice 's lover within a few years when he was 18 and she was over 40 . |
| 6 | The deterioration in my companion 's movements in the few weeks since I had last seen him was distressing to observe . |
| 7 | He left the king 's service for a few years after March 1245 ; it was probably during this period that he compiled a metrical grammar for the children of Hamo de Pecche , a Cambridgeshire baron . |
| 8 | Move to the Right , accept Witte 's or Stolypin 's terms for a few posts in the cabinet , and they risked becoming hostages in a regime over which they would exercise no control . |
| 9 | If that is the case , the Home Secretary 's statement of a few moments ago is wrong . |
| 10 | Here , for example , is Bassano 's version of a few bars of the soprano part of Palestrina 's ‘ Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas ’ : |
| 11 | Because three of the 20 ‘ global positioning ’ satellites will always be above the horizon the electronics can triangulate a car 's position within a few metres . |
| 12 | There was nothing wrong with enjoying her own interests and social activities — including Martin Ward 's party in a few days ' time . |
| 13 | Could you not have sat tight in the fellow 's house for a few weeks longer ? ’ |
| 14 | You could n't show up in a place like Adam 's Creek without a few questions being asked , Jed knew that , so he 'd dreamed up a story . |
| 15 | The second is a slick operator , who studies his victim 's habits for a few days to establish a safe crime time . |
| 16 | Martin Ward got to his feet , dusting off sand , and they held each others ' eyes for a few moments without speaking . |
| 17 | And having committed the boy to a day on the rubbish , he could hardly turn me down when I suggested we settle for a couple of hours ' conversation over a few beers , after he 'd sorted out the mess . |