Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was still unthinkable to see him without his sketchbook and pencil , but of the hundreds and hundreds of drawings he made , he gave away many or sold them for a few francs . |
| 2 | An old worker , after giving the machine a jaundiced look , turned the handle and tried it with a few roots . |
| 3 | Despite this , at lunchtime Kathleen presented me with four hours ' pay and pressed me for a few more details to help her with her enquiries . |
| 4 | Then I met up with Alan and , and he read though it and challenged me on a few things and we changed one or two bits , but I 've got my sort of target set out . |
| 5 | The regime thus charged him with damage of government property and jailed him for a few months until he was released under a general amnesty . |
| 6 | She held my hand steady to bring the cigarette to the flame and kept it for a few seconds longer than she had to . |
| 7 | But , within a couple of months of coming to the throne , Siraj-ud-Daula marched on Calcutta , seized and plundered it after a few days of frantic but ill-prepared resistance , and allowed the few British survivors of the seige to be locked up in the prison of the fortress for the night . |
| 8 | Also a photo of all the officers of Walsall that I saw in a second hand shop and I went and bought it for a few pence . |
| 9 | Lisa struck a pose of melodramatic fervour and held it for a few seconds before slumping back in her seat . |
| 10 | The head of South Africa 's CITES delegation , Piet Mulder , agreed that there was evidence of SADF involvement in ivory smuggling , but blamed it on a few corrupt elements . |