Example sentences of "[art] few [noun pl] ['s] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fabia saw no point in butting in to comment that she had in fact come very close to doing that very thing , and after a few moments ' pause Ven went on , ‘ I knew I 'd bruised your pride , but that had been necessary when my desire for you had threatened to blot out reason . |
| 2 | After a few moments ' silence Kopyion shrugged his shoulders and walked off , down the stairs . |
| 3 | Some people expect that in a few decades ' time youngsters will learn from their home tutor computers and rarely , if ever , have contact with a human teacher . |
| 4 | A lovely hotel built around its own swimming pool right on the beautiful beach , the Royal Garden Resort is just a few minutes ' trishaw ride from the town . |
| 5 | More to the point , the affair earned Owen a few days ' breathing space . |
| 6 | I do n't want you to throw them away today , er , because you might actually in a few days ' time think of some use for them . |
| 7 | So in a few years ' time mobile phones will be brought to the masses . |
| 8 | I love the fresh smell in the air when everything seems to be coming to life again and I felt a natural surge of joy , as if in a few weeks ' time John would be coming home from his first trip away just as he should have done the previous April . |
| 9 | All Connor did was to add a preservative to this enzyme that gave it a few months ' shelf life . |