Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the early fifties after the war the Home Guard was reformed for a few years and some of us , having been demobbed from the forces rejoined , but somehow the spirit of the " Dads ' Army " had gone and one felt the enthusiasm was not there . |
| 2 | The portrait was painted in a few hours without Modigliani stopping for a single minute . ’ |
| 3 | A political truce was called within a few days of the outbreak of war ; a pact to end contested by-elections was first signed on 6 August , and a joint recruiting drive began before the end of the month . |
| 4 | One afternoon at the beginning of July , when the pub was closed for a few hours , she suggested they might take little Lil out for an airing . |
| 5 | Eventually , as the lunchtime crowds subsided officewards and the pub was left to a few loud tourists , they found a quiet corner and sat down with their drinks . |
| 6 | Its equipment was removed within a few years and , by the late 1920s , it had become home to the Belvedere Upholstery Company , operated by the Tyler family . |
| 7 | This alleyway was shut for a few months and we Hello . |
| 8 | The effect was electric : the girl was released within a few days ; the man remained in jail and in fact served a very long sentence . |
| 9 | When nobody from the long list of eminent organizations which had registered their opposition could be present , however ( which was most of the time ) , the burden of maintaining a presence and regular cross-examining was left to a few stalwarts . |
| 10 | In the same year 20 per cent of the population was concentrated in a few metropolitan areas each with a population of over half a million . |
| 11 | A theory was evolved by a few influential educationalists that if a child is given a basic training in Laban skills then he will have the essential grounding for any future specialisation he may care to follow in gymnastics , dance or drama . |
| 12 | And , indeed , when Indian ink was daubed on a few minnows , which were then put among a school , the painted minnows were disproportionately taken by predators . |
| 13 | But today , the flooding was limited to a few rural spots where roads were closed and even the main railway line between Swindon and Bristol was under water . |
| 14 | The pale , polished maplewood floor was strewn with a few vibrant kelim rugs . |
| 15 | A diary based development and reporting approach was used in a few cases where close contact with the project team was feasible . |
| 16 | The collection from the nest was made within a few days of the fledglings leaving the nest , and the broken up and trampled remains of pellets and bones from the nest can be mostly attributed to the regurgitated pellets of the fledglings . |
| 17 | In July 1980 , AMES staged its first public demonstration , when the El Calvario church was occupied for a few hours to demand a reduction in the price of basic food stuffs . |
| 18 | Perfusion was excellent and peristalsis was observed within a few minutes . |
| 19 | Fortunately I had bought the machine through a Mail Order catalogue , so the cost was spread over a few months . |
| 20 | If only he could come across a barn in which he could seek refuge from the full force of the gale … but visibility was limited to a few strides . |
| 21 | When he came to the surface , by some obscure miracle his leash had held , and his board was bobbing about a few yards away . |
| 22 | Voluntary schools were given the choice of becoming ‘ aided ’ or ‘ controlled ’ schools and provision was made for a few ‘ special agreement ’ schools ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 23 | The decay of the transient absorption was monitored over a few hundred microseconds , following a 30 ns photolysis flash [ 25 ] . |
| 24 | Some progress was made upon a few , particularly the reduction of major epidemics of malaria , cholera , smallpox and yellow-fever . |
| 25 | The lion 's share of all foreign exchange dealing was restricted to a few New York banks , who refused to deal with many smaller banks and with most French and Italian ones . |
| 26 | We were billeted in the Grand Hotel , the massive Victorian pile which dominated Scarborough in turreted splendour from its eminence above the sea , and the big dining room was packed with several hundred shouting airmen , The iron discipline was relaxed for a few hours to let the Yuletide spirit run free . |
| 27 | A quick walk down Coronation Street was followed by a few pints of Newton and Ridley Ale before we departed . |