Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] it [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | An old worker , after giving the machine a jaundiced look , turned the handle and tried it with a few roots . |
| 2 | She held my hand steady to bring the cigarette to the flame and kept it for a few seconds longer than she had to . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Lisa struck a pose of melodramatic fervour and held it for a few seconds before slumping back in her seat . |
| 6 | 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 . |