Example sentences of "few [noun pl] we " in BNC.

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1 I piled the kids and what few possessions we had into the pram and , balancing the baby bath on the hood , walked the few miles back to my Pop 's house .
2 next few programmes we 're going to take a look at trends in science and engineering , particularly in the way that the subjects are taught and opportunities for employment .
3 ( One of the few times we missed out was with a 200lb sturgeon caught in the North Sea .
4 So I bought her some fruit pastilles again just while we were waiting for the train , but funnily enough , the last few times we 've been at the station , Bobby
5 I do yeah absolutely as as as the first few times we did it you know .
6 Ejecting a few birds we inspected the inside of the crude habitation where the men would live for the next ten days or more .
7 After a few minutes we watched them crossing the field , alongside the hedgerow .
8 After a few minutes we were shaking hands .
9 Unable to stop paddling for fear of capsizing , Tony and I can not put on our anoraks and within a few minutes we are soaked by the freezing combination of sea and rain .
10 For a few minutes we slipped into the hut .
11 For a few minutes we watched a tree-creeper working his way up the trunk of a tree looking for grubs until Bill the dog , crashing through the undergrowth sniffing for smells , frightened him off .
12 For a few minutes we said nothing .
13 For a few minutes we fought wildly .
14 In a few minutes we would be ready for Firstlight , and then we 'd we clear .
15 After a few minutes we all started to move along the ditch .
16 Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be visiting the Victorian mansion that is n't finished yet , and has just been given a grant to ensure that it never will be .
17 Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be meeting the teenager who 's joined the elite in the world of magic .
18 Welcome back … in a few minutes we 'll be catching up with one of the fastest men on water …
19 Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be turning back the clock with the men who kept Britain 's coalmines working during the Second World War .
20 Welcome back : In a few minutes we take the wraps off one the great secrets in the world of wildlife .
21 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 .
22 In these few words we may only point to the kaleidoscope of enthusiasm and activity by secondees that has been generated across the country in such a short space of time .
23 Sir , — In the past few months we have heard much regarding possible reforms in the working of parliament .
24 I 'll write more about testing the call to such work , but within a few months we gave up our travelling ministry and took a team of sixteen adults plus their children out of St Luke 's and began Cranham Community Church .
25 Over the last few months we 've had a number of queries from hobbyists concerning fish which they have bought for their community tanks , which despite advice from their dealer , have turned out to be most unsuitable for such a set up .
26 Over the next few months we talked and prayed about it and in the Spring we submitted applications for staffing on the King 's Lodge Base at Nuneaton , starting in April 1993 .
27 In the first few months we received a considerable amount of written advice from individuals and professional organisations , and so in making our decisions we could draw on a range of expertise .
28 We 're constantly reworking songs and I imagine in the next few months we 'll probably be reworking members too .
29 If these operations are to be distributed evenly across our region , for the next few months we should concentrate on patients from other health districts ( assuming equal clinical priority ) .
30 Over the past few months we 've been advising you to take all the hype about the death of the 386 with a generous pinch of salt .
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