Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] a few [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Having used version 5.5 for only a few days I could never go back . |
2 | For just a few seconds she stood petrified ; then , taking a deep , shuddering breath , she ran down the entry and into Lyra Street . |
3 | Given that it is based on a model which examined variation among electoral wards within only a few regions it could be argued that it is more validly applied at a local level . |
4 | Sit down at your machine with a cassette player and knit , following Diane 's clear and helpful explanations and in just a few hours YOU will be the master of your machine ! |
5 | In just a few moments you can see how much easier your working life could become . |
6 | I took Oliver 's flowers , and fed them petal-first into the grinder , and in just a few minutes I had reduced his gift to a sludge which the cold water was washing away down the waste-pipe . |
7 | Besides — ’ again she pried her eyes away from the eyeglasses and looked at her cousin ‘ — in just a few minutes you are going to be transformed into a femme fatale . |
8 | In just a few days he had pushed back the horizons of her world far out of sight . |
9 | That you se it was , it was on here a few times he talks deliberately , and rather slow |