Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [vb pp] the [num ord] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | We refer , of course , not to vast numbers of physically appealing American females , but to the stunning vistas of the Norfolk coast , which Richard Denyer has spent the last few years painstakingly photographing |
| 2 | She was not afraid of the dark , because when she was very little Maggie had had the last few scales of Fenna 's tail to suck on while she fell asleep . |
| 3 | Mr Rushdie has spent the last few months in Helsinki , Finland , completing a new book . |
| 4 | USL and SunSoft have spent the last few months working out the commercial implications of the ABI on delivery schedules and compatibility issues . |
| 5 | With his long arms , thick eyebrows and perpetual five o'clock shadow , Hughes has spent the last few years translating these daily drunken ramblings into a series of highly successful stage shows that have smoothed the way for his successful transition to our television screens . |