Example sentences of "few brief [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took refuge , therefore , in my customary routines sketching a few brief memoranda for Monday morning , removing the paper clips strewn about my otherwise tidy desk , checking that the main office windows were all shut , even although the Security staff would be along later , and that was strictly speaking their job , and that all the typewriters had been unplugged from the wall sockets . |
| 2 | Can I just say a few brief things to this , firstly , I share their concern entirely and totally and I do n't think there 's an officer round this table who would n't agree with that , and I also believe , having met with all the board members this morning , I know that the board members similarly agree . |
| 3 | I should like to address my few brief remarks to something else . |
| 4 | Perhaps this is an appropriate place for a few brief notes on the more common chemical fertilizers and organic manures of plant and animal origin . |
| 5 | After the revival in 1688 , the Kilwinning papingo shoot continued with only a few brief interruptions through the 18th and into the 19th century . |
| 6 | However , she had managed to have a few brief words with Morrison and questioned him about Nigel 's movements over the weekend of his father 's death . |
| 7 | The only thing was to push me at once to the front ; and almost immediately , after a very few brief words from the distinguished chairman , I found myself face to face with an audience that evidently meant mischief . |
| 8 | Morag French , 27 , is more optimistic about a job , although she did experience a few brief spells of unemployment before entering the hostel a year and a half ago . |
| 9 | If you have made your notes properly ( for " making " rather than " taking " is the appropriate term for most lecture notes ) , the pages will contain the key words recommended in chapter 4 , a few brief references to standard work with plenty of space left and the final conclusion clearly written in the right-hand margin . |
| 10 | When Harry 's front axle buckled , he was behind a truck A few brief comments on each of these : in ( 35a ) the pronoun I is used gesturally to self-nominate from a group , in ( 35b ) it just has the symbolic usage ; in ( 36b ) the word ago places the time at which the action occurred relative to the time of speaking , in ( 36c ) the time is relative to the time at which the events in the narrative occurred . |
| 11 | The few brief weeks at the ICO opened her mind to an appreciation of meditation literature . |