Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Designer Daniel Andrieu was present as the concealing-sheet was whipped away amid a swirling cloud of smoke which hid his creation for a few choking seconds before we could see what had been achieved . |
| 2 | She began her meal with a few hors-d'oeuvres , with the caviare one tasting particularly good . |
| 3 | She lost her job after a few weeks and what little money my Dad had left quickly went on drugs and booze . |
| 4 | In the event , the most important repercussion of the appointment was to deprive Kent of the championship , for it proved such a traumatic time for Cowdrey that his team lost their way for a few weeks , and missed the title by just one agonizing point . |
| 5 | Naylor did not keep her waiting , but rang her doorbell with a few minutes to go before eleven . |
| 6 | We set off at a rattling rate , presumably to put some distance between us and the dozens of others still ponderously selecting items of clothing from their car boots , and I commenced my belligerence with a few barbed remarks about the pace-setting . |
| 7 | After a while , sitting in the car , we saw her stand for a few minutes first on one of the Howes , then on another , still and with arms raised . |
| 8 | ‘ He wrecked your act with a few well-chosen words that would have slid straight off your back if anyone else had said them . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , I remember , ’ said my mother after a few minutes . |
| 10 | In his mind 's eye he relived their love-making of a few hours before and the picture of Michael lying underneath him as he penetrated him rose in his mind . |
| 11 | Alexia held his glance for a few moments , a furrow between her eyebrows , and dropped the subject . |
| 12 | It remained his seat for a few months short of thirty years . |
| 13 | Hawkins considered his glass for a few moments , then looked up at Talbot . |