Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] few [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had his eyes closed , and for the first few moments Belinda kept hers open , so she could see in extreme close-up the blurred crescents of his dark lashes resting on the smoothly tanned skin of his cheeks . |
| 2 | For the first few years Blackpool 's trams represented the only practical example in the World , of electric tramcars running in crowded thoroughfares . |
| 3 | With Lindsey 's Corsair being the only one of its type in Europe , airshow organisers had to approach him if they wanted a Corsair in their flying display , and for the first few years John Allison and Lindsey flew all over Europe with the aircraft . |
| 4 | For the past few months Police have been mounting a major operation to crackdown on joy riders … its the type of accident they 'd always feared . |
| 5 | For the past few weeks President Najibullah has been meeting militia commanders from around the country offering them more weapons and money to maintain their loyalty and keep the roads open . |
| 6 | And when I got back for the last few weeks Mortimer had left … ’ |
| 7 | But for some reason , Tina had adopted him in her rough , kindly way , and for the last few months school life had been bearable . |
| 8 | For the last few years Pinfield had been based with the Langham Group , a somewhat elitist special projects body under Anthony Pellisier charged with producing very experimental forms of drama — using techniques like inlay , overlay and split screening ; for example , matting caption slide backgrounds over black drape stages . |
| 9 | For the last few years Weir has been one of the most consistent performers of any quoted Scottish company , with a steady improvement in sales and profits . |
| 10 | Marilla agreed , and for the next few days Anne planned what she would put in her cake . |
| 11 | The harvest had started , everyone else was out in the fields , afraid it would rain , and for the next few days Libby and George joined in , stooking and carrying sheaves which they could seldom get to balance . |
| 12 | For the next few days Shelley did n't catch even a glimpse of her chief . |
| 13 | For the next few days Ruth spent most of her waking hours with Anna , reading to her from the small collection of books Mrs Carson had brought on board , playing games , making up stories . |
| 14 | For the next few days Ajdabiya was extremely unsettled , and men showed all the conventional signs of being in crisis , and on the verge of further violent action . |
| 15 | For the next few months Mr and I are going to home in on a theme for these services . |
| 16 | In the Balkans it meant that for the next few years Bulgaria under Stambouloff would look to Austria-Hungary ( and even , a little , to Turkey ) , for fear of Russia . |
| 17 | During the first few days people left their houses for fear of being bombed by Pippo , but quite soon he became part of our lives and we did n't bother about him any more . |
| 18 | During the past few days anxiety had shadowed his eyes like bruises ; they were brighter now and eager in their attention to the door through which his wife must soon enter . |
| 19 | During the next few decades chlorine is expected to increase then decrease , while CO 2 is expected to increase continuously . |
| 20 | During the next few months Mickie spent much of his time in charge of flight tests on the development of the W-3 at Hanworth and the type testing in Glasgow of the four-cylinder , in-line , engine , later known as the Pixie . |
| 21 | Once or twice during the next few days Bathsheba saw Troy working in her hayfields . |
| 22 | During the next few days Stevie was to find himself something of a cult figure . |
| 23 | During the next few years Miloš gradually increased his influence within the administration of the pashalik , using the considerable wealth at his disposal to bribe Turkish officials . |
| 24 | During the next few years children are likely to be engaging in more sustained projects as part of their learning of mathematics . |
| 25 | The manuscript , however , was not entirely ready for publication , " and during the next few weeks Nietzsche submitted it to a final revision . |
| 26 | During the next few weeks Mr Utterson spent many hours in the narrow street where Enfield had seen Hyde . |
| 27 | During the next few weeks Bourke and Blake moved to several different apartments in London owned by friends who Bourke claimed were members of CND and named as Michael Reynolds and Pat Porter . |
| 28 | During the last few minutes Hazel had been as near to losing his head as he was ever to come . |
| 29 | It is thus possible that in the course of the next few years Council will assign the headship for a period to the holder of the Halford Mackinder Professorship , who will among those carrying an obligation to serve if so requested . |
| 30 | The community was to be governed according to the principle of ‘ Pantisocracy ’ — a word invented by Coleridge meaning ‘ equal rule by all ’ — and in the course of the next few months Pantisocracy in its broad details was discussed and argued into existence . |