Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | When endosonography suggested the persistence of tumour infiltration in these patients , a local recurrence or distant metastases appeared within a few months . |
2 | When Miss Louisa had a second more severe stroke at the end of August , and Miss Ellen another heart attack , both old ladies died within a few days of each other . |
3 | Similarly , the clock on the front of the American Bulletin of Atomic Scientists stood at a few minutes to midnight , but the American government did not heed it . |
4 | Everyone of the gang was known to the police and the first arrests came within a few days : |
5 | The police arrived within a few minutes . |
6 | A large number of periodicals survived for a few issues and then disappeared : ten ceased or suspended publication during 1971 . |
7 | How the serious issues emerged within a few years of the miracle of Heliodorus is the question . |
8 | Virginia like most of the mainland colonies consisted of a few ports with an extensive hinterland that was left untouched until the coastal sections had been fairly fully settled . |