Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [coord] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their arguments were faultless and after a few moments I felt myself drowning in doubt , drowning in the time trap surrounding the area . |
| 2 | Now there were two and after a few months there were four . |
| 3 | I 'd fetch her home , clean her up , straighten her out and take care of her for as long as she 'd let me , but the call of the wild was strong and after a few days of sleeping on the couch , she 'd vanish again . |
| 4 | His success was short-lived and within a few years Ivan had to accept Turkish suzerainty . |
| 5 | The initial police response was good but after a few days I could see they were getting swamped with other cases and I had to do something . |