Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] few " in BNC.

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1 The diary Bobby kept over the next few months usefully logs many of the characters and landing stages in Minton 's frenzied circuit .
2 Lucy slept after the first few hours , and woke with a start from a nightmare where she was being chased and her feet were weighed down with heavy , heavy shoes .
3 Here is a sample from conversation with two psychologists , the topic of conversation being the linguistic difficulties — particularly , the intrusions of completely unwanted and irrelevant words — KC experienced in the first few weeks after his stroke .
4 The efficiency gains that RBS wrought in the first few months of Project Columbus reflect how much fat it was carrying .
5 She leapt down , carefully shook the sand off it and handed it back to Simon as he and Ben ran across the last few yards towards her .
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