Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | His complete acceptance of the ‘ protest ’ in ‘ Protestant ’ did not come till a few years later when some leading members of his Mount Merrion , Belfast , congregation insisted that he object to the Church 's ‘ street corner boy ’ activities of picketing the Irish Presbyterian Church General Assembly . |
| 2 | Dana did not reappear for a few days , and during that time I felt I was going mad . |
| 3 | You see , when we went through the asteroid storm , I did n't watch for a few seconds . |
| 4 | The towpath proper did n't start until a few yards further down where it angled away from the road and followed the river ; here it was marked by a narrow strip of waterside grass and trees that would immediately raise the cost of any overlooking property by at least ten thousand . |
| 5 | Sir Stanley 's only regret is that he did n't play for a few years more . |
| 6 | ‘ I had not worked for a few months so I was ready to do something , ’ is how he explains his reasons for doing it . |
| 7 | He had n't shaved for a few days and a sickly smell clung to his clothes and hair . |