Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't quite close the door , and after a few moments I could hear her footsteps walking briskly past . |
| 2 | After a few moments she could stand it no longer , and with an effort she wrenched her gaze away and looked down at the carpet . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | After a few months he could strip down the simpler engines , service and reassemble them . |
| 5 | One of the few things he could instantly recall from his own brief marriage was his wife 's grilling a kipper on a gridiron over the fire . |
| 6 | He knew I worked with Malcolm because he was one of the few teachers I could have a conversation with about something more than homework or football . |
| 7 | One of the few places we could go to on the camp at Binbrook without risk of being observed by the hierarchy was the Station cinema . |
| 8 | Yardley was proud that he was one of the few bowlers who could claim to have dismissed Bradman three times in Tests . |
| 9 | He was horrified that even for a few minutes he could seriously have contemplated such destructive stupidity . |
| 10 | When she woke up again , just after daybreak , for a few moments she could n't remember where she was . |
| 11 | Holiday parks in which you can camp , or stay in a chalet or caravan are now remarkably good — so much so that if you have n't tried this kind of holiday for a few years you could be in for a very pleasant surprise . |
| 12 | For a few dollars you could use the room , rent a works and get high . ’ |
| 13 | Within a few years he could have looked almost as menacing as he did six months ago . |
| 14 | Perhaps the most useful thing she did was to teach me the language , so that in a few days I could speak it quite well . |
| 15 | ‘ Then in a few months you could have a thriving business here , Mr Robinson . |
| 16 | In a few months he could leave those rooms over the shop and the shop itself for ever . |
| 17 | But in a few years it could find applications in the long-term treatment of parasitic diseases , and even as a contraceptive pill . |
| 18 | There were dances in the Hut by the Strathmore Arms and when we grew up a bit and thought our fathers would n't find out we would nip into the Strathmore Arms for a pint , on the few occasions we could afford . |
| 19 | League is concerned , is the amount of money coming into the game and the danger that over a few years it could widen the division between the haves and the have-nots . |
| 20 | When state-supported secondary education was introduced in 1878 , a denominational system was officially set up , though at this time the system was only availed of by the few families who could afford to lose the labour of young teenagers . |