Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] in [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The realization that I had an incurable disease that was likely to kill me in a few years was a bit of a shock . |
2 | Maybe someone bold enough to improvise like that would even take the risk of getting himself really knocked out and dropped in the water , knowing I could n't fail to find him in a few minutes . ’ |
3 | It 's as hard to do justice to the beauty of the Eternal City in a few words as it is to see everything in a few days . |
4 | Now anyone with a spreadsheet should be able to do them in a few hours . |
5 | No , I mean , there 's nothing to stop him arresting more British people , or er , any nationality , come to that , and saying well , they did stray into our territory , I 'm sorry about this , but er , we ca n't have that sort of thing , you 'll have to er , come and see if I want to release them in a few months . |
6 | You see towards the bottom er we pose a few questions there , I 'm going to ask you in a few minutes to introduce yourselves and to say what what sort of presentations you make at the moment . |
7 | Happily in those days there was no air navel to take us in a few hours to Addis Ababa and bring us back a few days later . |