Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The hit man has been called in a few times to finish off Jeffrey Probyn yet never once has he managed to carry out his murderous brief . |
| 32 | My ‘ heavenly brother ’ was not a Sasse boy , but from the primary school in nearby Mutengene mission where I had been staying for a few days . |
| 33 | The owner has been calling by every few days to check on progress , but now is in Barbados . |
| 34 | I am staying for a few days at the Dale End Hotel while I explore the district , and I 'd like to know about the Brownies ' Bridge , as I am to do with Brownies . ’ |
| 35 | These are approximations in which the very large number of particles are replaced by a few quantities . |
| 36 | Those girls who attempt to escape are found in a few days . |
| 37 | Yes , this is what big shops , particularly in America , have now been doing for a few years , in that the till that takes your order as it were is also a computer terminal on line to large computers somewhere else , and every time your tin of baked bins is checked out by the girl on the till , it is adjusting the stocks on its large computer and saying , ‘ Hey , we 're going to run out of baked beans at approximately ten o'clock tomorrow morning . |
| 38 | Sands and gravels deposited by water flowing from the melting glaciers are restricted to a few localities and there are no major raised beach deposits resulting from sea level changes relative to the land surface . |
| 39 | Insights into the actual personality are restricted to a few words under the heading ‘ recreations ’ . |
| 40 | The Hagen Biolife filter in our office tank has been running for a few weeks now , and one or two little problems have shown up . |
| 41 | Carole Rue , BT 's network services development manager , said : ‘ Although the trial has only been running for a few weeks we 're most encouraged by the initial response from our customers . |
| 42 | They become quite unconscious of what they are doing for a few seconds , and yet insist that they want to carry on and learn to fly . |
| 43 | Although the funded consultant posts for junior doctors ' hours will help , these have been concentrated in a few specialties , and the recession has provoked concerns that the rate of consultant expansion may even fall . |
| 44 | This increase in greenhouse gases is expected to eventually force global temperatures to rise by 2 to 5 °C , although the full amount of warming will be delayed for a few decades because of oceanic thermal inertia . |
| 45 | With great reluctance , Reagan bowed to pressure from his advisers and compromised the Kemp-Roth principle somewhat by agreeing that the first cut should be delayed for a few months and reduced to 5 per cent in the first year with 10 per cent cuts in years two and three . |
| 46 | This is not an area where policies and procedures can be formulated after a few incidents have been experienced . |
| 47 | I be they 've never played Turrican or Creatures otherwise they 'd be gobsmacked , especially the console owners who pay about £40 for games that can often be completed in a few hours ! |
| 48 | This is not an enterprise that can be completed in a few months . |
| 49 | The harvested roots are bulky and heavy to transport and they must be crushed within a few hours after harvest to avoid loss of the sugary Juice . |
| 50 | Last night , her solicitor Tony Russell confirmed the writ was filed in the High Court and the case would be heard within a few months . |
| 51 | Excuse me I 've got not exactly hay-fever but I think I 'm going to be sneezing for a few minutes . |
| 52 | The escalating cost of these tax benefits would be checked within a few years of this policy being implemented . |
| 53 | A personalised pay-in book will also be posted within a few days of opening the account . |
| 54 | Like the books mentioned above , its specific content will be superseded in a few years ; but in meantime the book may be able to rescue some future Nobel laureates from becoming otherwise lost in cyberspace . |
| 55 | We 've been told to take off times , but if there 's one certainty , they 'll be rescheduled by a few hours before the season starts . |
| 56 | Normally , little jumble could be expected from the few cottages on the headland , but Alex Mair , anxious to associate the power station with the community , had put up a notice on the staff board and the two tea chests were usually fairly full by the time the October sale came round . |
| 57 | A smuggling museum and exhibition ; video theatre and adventure walk — press the buttons and be prepared for a few surprises ! |
| 58 | I did n't want anyone to feel that this diet was a ‘ prison sentence ’ to be endured for a few weeks or months before old habits could be reintroduced . |
| 59 | Given this set of circumstances , it could be that the new wave of information technology firms will never turn into a real breaker , but be seen in a few years as just a ripple on the pond . |
| 60 | Last week the Ulster Amateur Drama Festival had to be moved at a few hours notice , after Belfast 's Grand Opera House was extensively damaged by a 1,000lb bomb . |