Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] only [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By experimenting with the duration of incubation they found that fusion occurred after only a few hours , and that viable hybrids could be grown in a liquid culture medium containing glucose , monosodium glutamate , a mixture of vitamins , sodium chloride and extracts of Raphanus brassica ( common mustard ) . |
| 2 | Approaching a set of traffic lights where she normally went straight on , and where the queue ahead seemed to stretch into infinity , she realised that only a few cars were waiting to turn left into the Cheltenham road . |
| 3 | And he revealed that only a few weeks ago Magherafelt traders turned down the option of having security gates erected in the town during a meeting with police . |
| 4 | On 18 February , following ‘ The Rout of Moy ’ , Inverness was occupied by the Jacobites without resistance , and three days later Fort George , the eastern pivot of Wade 's Highland line , capitulated after only a few shots had been fired . |
| 5 | We saw that only a few months ago when the right hon. Gentleman vetoed the appointment of a Labour city councillor in favour of the appointment of his Tory placeman . |
| 6 | Nick and I went to see Canon Oates and we knew after only a few minutes in his company that he wanted to help very much . |