Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [num ord] few [noun pl] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the last few hours he had been thinking about James and Kate and the rest of the Mollands , the Salpertons and the Redburns ; and it would not have shocked him if any or all of them who were still alive had turned up unannounced at Number 29 . |
| 2 | Until the recent arrival of Joanna Lumley , the only thing Lovejoy was likely to leap into was his open-topped Morris Minor , but for the last few episodes he 's been gleefully doing more bedding than bidding . |
| 3 | ‘ For the next few days he is going to be a bit sore . |
| 4 | But it was not now so easy to get rid of Anselm : he refused either to comply with Henry 's demand or leave the country , and for the next few weeks he lived quietly on his manors . |
| 5 | Noel 's colleagues all wish him well and the very best of health in his retirement , which fortunately is only partial since for the next few years he remains with us as Research Professor in German . |
| 6 | Because HAI was in its infancy , in every job he filled during the first few years he had an American opposite number , sometimes with 30 years ' experience of the industry . |
| 7 | During the first few nights he had found sleep almost impossible . |
| 8 | During the first few months he worked with a gang of local road-menders , filling pot-holes on the highway , smoothing cambers , paving the dirt tracks that led to ranches . |
| 9 | In June 1933 Edward gave a birthday party for Wallis , and during the next few months he visited the Simpsons ' flat in London almost every day . |
| 10 | During the next few years he drew up a similar body of monastic observances for use in his cathedral church . |
| 11 | Patricia McQuigg , the mother of one of his friends , says : ‘ Luke practically lived at my house during the last few years he was at school . |
| 12 | Within the next few months he hopes to introduce an individual fitness programme for people using the centres . |
| 13 | In the next few days he was busy making size , painting signs and colouring the room and ‘ hooking . ’ |
| 14 | In the last few minutes he would fumble in a inside pocket , and the Queen in her handbag , and they would quickly run through the formal subjects for discussion . |
| 15 | In eight innings in his new role as opener in the last few weeks he has totalled 451 runs . |
| 16 | In the last few months he has been especially active ; for instance , in response to the criticism that art education is much neglected , he announced in January the renovation or rehousing of four art schools , including the Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux Arts of Paris . |
| 17 | In the last few months he had consciously ingratiated himself with Joe , flattered him , let Joe think that he was grateful to him for giving him the breaker 's job . |
| 18 | But in the last few months he 's had a lot to cope with following the death of his best friend in a road accident . |
| 19 | He was not sure how she would take it , leaving the house before they had intended and moving up north ; also , in the last few years he had got into the habit of sparing her any unnecessary decisions or arguments . |
| 20 | Over the last few months he had become rather withdrawn and mistrustful ; a subdued version of his former self . |
| 21 | He has been working very long hours setting up in business here in er in this area er he gets home late at night and I 'm afraid to say that over the last few months he 's been nagged continuously by his girlfriend who wants him to try and sort out financial arrangements because the relationship between the two of them 's not been very good . |
| 22 | Over the last few years he has discussed many confidential matters with Prince Charles who has regularly visited his practice near Sloane Street . |
| 23 | Over the next few decades he developed the study of plant communities in Britain , using methods similar to those of Clements . |
| 24 | Over the next few months he and IBM 's board will look at IBM with ‘ a no-holds barred ’ approach . |
| 25 | Over the next few months he and IBM 's board will look at IBM with ‘ a no-holds barred ’ approach . |
| 26 | The raid netted him £500 million and over the next few weeks he made his strategy clear . |
| 27 | Legal & General 's Michael Payne says that over the next few years he expects his fund ‘ will grow more in Europe at the expense of UK equities , ’ particularly now that entry into the ERM has reduced the currency risk . |
| 28 | Over the next few years he was active in , first , local and soon national military affairs . |
| 29 | Over the next few years he gained considerable administrative experience , serving first as a member of the household of Archbishop Robert Kilwardby [ q.v. ] and later as warden of the priory 's Essex manors and as treasurer for two terms . |
| 30 | Over the next few days he was never out of the press and in one emotional moment he confided to a journalist that he felt betrayed by Scotland . |