Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] in a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since he had been commissioned in November 1858 , he had ‘ almost wholly devoted ’ himself to the building , and tenders were expected in a few days . |
| 2 | The elections were deemed by foreign observers to have been held without widescale irregularities , although cases were reported in a few localities . |
| 3 | But I read in an article this morning ( 'Students set to pay full fees ' , 29 September ) that if I were applying in a few years ' time , I would have to ask my parents to pay the full cost of my tuition . |
| 4 | Most of those applications were made in a few weeks . |
| 5 | The book was a success : 500,000 copies were sold in a few years , and it was translated into all the major European languages . |
| 6 | The portrait was painted in a few hours without Modigliani stopping for a single minute . ’ |
| 7 | A diary based development and reporting approach was used in a few cases where close contact with the project team was feasible . |
| 8 | Obviously Duncan was calling in a few debts . |