Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was nearly dark when we left Fontanellato and , with no lights about , it was hard to know where we were going after a few kilometres . |
| 32 | But what he did come to recognise was the inadequacy of existing literature : ‘ I realised that the main writers on history and statistics at the time had done very little research and were relying on a few books . |
| 33 | ‘ No , you wo n't have to , ’ I told him , ‘ my luck 's on the turn ; it 's going to be a tremendous year , though it 's true that just now one 's recovering from a few debacles . ’ |
| 34 | ‘ But we have been working on a few things , just as we did before the first leg . |
| 35 | It was happening with a few students because I was still teaching for two or three months after ‘ Surfing ’ was released . |
| 36 | When he came to the surface , by some obscure miracle his leash had held , and his board was bobbing about a few yards away . |
| 37 | Obviously Duncan was calling in a few debts . |
| 38 | And er I was dragging behind a few paces and the headmaster was watching out of his study window you see ? |