Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 A single national centre is appropriate only for the few services which involve delivery to all addresses in Britain ( e.g. mail order ) , very occasional visits ( e.g. specialized medical advice ) or a particular type of service or activity with a client group that lives close to it and is not represented elsewhere in the country ( e. g. certain elements of central government , the national media and business services ) .
2 If we could talk to you inside for a few minutes you wo n't regret it . ’
3 It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames .
4 Still , it was true in the main , so for the few weeks she was to be in Venice she would take the greatest care to have as little to do with him as possible .
5 Hari had remained in the cemetery long after the few neighbours who had attended Win Morgan 's funeral had gone .
6 But I had to keep stopping to peer at the pages , so after a few attempts I gave up .
7 But for the English the system of requisitioning , together with a few ships which might be built in both inland and seaside ports , and those constructed at Bayonne , were sufficient to meet most of their needs .
8 He delivered the letter , together with a few flowers he 'd nicked from a cemetery .
9 I had to wait until the female was bulging-ripe , so within a few days she was brooding .
10 Perhaps in a few years I would n't have done . ’
11 As I understood , he was asleep for much of the time , and indeed , I found him so on the few occasions I had a spare moment to ascend to that little attic room .
12 And just for a few minutes she savoured the circuitous routes of pleasure .
13 Grainne blinked and shook her head , because just for a few seconds she had seen with dreadful clarity the Dark Ireland , the Evil Realm , the world of malevolence and malignancy .
14 Just for a few seconds she 'd fallen for the powerful aphrodisiac of music , her senses sharpened by aquavit and the potent charisma of a man who would stop at nothing to achieve his desired ends !
15 She felt his arms tighten around her in a comforting hug and just for a few seconds she allowed herself the luxury of sinking against him , feeling the strength and the warmth of his body next to her skin .
16 Already after a few days it became clear that the German troops had not succeeded in repulsing the Normandy landing , and that the deployment of the V1 — rapidly dubbed ‘ Versager I ’ ( ‘ Failure No .
17 If your symptoms do n't go away after a few minutes it is probable that you have n't caught it quickly enough and in this case you will need to use the technique of ‘ rebreathing ’ .
18 so like after a few days I can her saying , oh , I 'm gon na have to go , I 'm gon na have to feed dog and they 're having it put down , they 're having it put down .
19 He was horrified that even for a few minutes he could seriously have contemplated such destructive stupidity .
20 The rules described for chariots apply to the Pump Wagon as well with a few exceptions which take into account its unusual construction and crew .
21 Did , even with the few times my parents have gone away , I 've never held parties , I may of had a couple of mates round just to let them kip over or something , come back I 've never , ever held a party , I would n't , I respect them , well I mean I would n't respect them make , every er penny they earned in the last fifteen years gone into that house , they 've had one holiday in that time and erm , gorgeous house , no its a lovely house , full of nice stuff as well , I , I , I would n't dare have a party
22 Then for a few days she was quiet .
23 Then for a few seconds he said nothing .
24 There may be some weathering her and there After a few weeks which to Willis , however , seemed like a few years , the broker 's solicitors made a conditional offer for the poor old barge , and finally agreed to pay £1500 , provided that Dreadnought was still in shipshape condition six months hence , in the spring of 1962 .
25 Then after a few minutes it all stops .
26 Gina started scanning the documents , then after a few seconds she gasped ,
27 That 's in the oh a lot of people did , oh yes , lot of people spent the money but I was one of the fortunate ones I had a little bit left because I mean I was , er I was very lucky myself , I mean I had a decent job at that time from time I left school and when I was on the dredging plant , I mean you take er in nineteen twenty five when er a schoolboy left school , his money was about ten shillings a week as an errand boy but I was one of the fortunate being a cabin boy on the dredger , I was getting thirty five shillings a week which was a lot of money and then after a few months they , I , they wanted another deck hand , so of course I went on there on four pound a week and then I was well off .
28 Then in a few minutes they were gone and quiet descended on our yard — but not for long .
29 You 'll take him home with you to avoid gossip , and then in a few days he 'll be fit enough to leave the country . ’
30 Then in a few months you could have a thriving business here , Mr Robinson .
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