Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | She smiled down at him and realized that in the few weeks he 'd been with her he had not only put on weight but had grown a few inches in height too . |
2 | But , as Action on Smoking and Health predicted that within a few years the majority of companies will have smoking policies , Roger Stubbs , deputy managing director of MORI , warned a confrontation is looming between ‘ green consumers ’ and ‘ smoking civil libertarians ’ who insist aggressively on their right to smoke in public places or at work . |
3 | It is therefore no surprise that local opposition to the LDDC has continued for over eight years now , even though the first chairman of the LDDC , Nigel Broackes of Trafalgar House , predicted that within a few years local opposition ‘ will not exist ’ . |
4 | He turned and after a few seconds said : |
5 | Her mouth opened and after a few moments a strange ululation sounded , a despairing cry , a death cry . |
6 | He dialled and after a few rings a female voice answered . |
7 | So she knew that in the few years since she had last been in England great changes had begun to take place from some of which she might clearly benefit . |
8 | Tonight there was a moon , starlight even , and he knew that after a few minutes away from the house it would be possible for her to see with surprising clarity ; but moon or no moon , it seemed to make little difference to her and she 'd been spending hours abroad at even the deepest , darkest point in the cycle . |
9 | The guards knew full well what was happening and we knew that after a few days they were likely to get heavy about it . |
10 | Sometimes I thought that within a few months I would be back in Le Court , because I did not think I could continue . |
11 | Pete suggested that in a few days ' time he could take her out to the nearest big town on the coast , and there she could look for clothes in the department stores and check out the library for the addresses of any useful organisations or people to contact . |
12 | Too stunned to be furious , Maggie sat and after a few seconds of close and silent scrutiny Devlin Parnham sat too , facing her across a magnificent Persian rug , with the fire banked as high as if it were mid-winter . |