Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [adv] [prep] a few " in BNC.

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1 He became convinced that his nose was deformed and saw another analyst regularly for a few months , but he recovered — at least until the next lot of symptoms after he rejected her advice and interpretations and simply told himself to stop thinking about his nose so much .
2 ‘ If you agree to my helping you in that direction , then we 'll look at this situation again in a few weeks , when you 'll hopefully be in a more stable state of mind . ’
3 Fortunately , the wave of crack that swept American ghettos and the Caribbean has not taken root in this country apart from a few isolated cases in the North of England .
4 We pushed each other around for a few minutes .
5 We weighed each other up for a few moments without speaking .
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