Example sentences of "and [prep] [art] few [noun pl] i " in BNC.

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1 A petite , pleasant-faced doxy , however , caught my eye and for a few hours I became old Shallot again , whiling away the time , telling the most outrageous stories and making her laugh both in the taproom and on her feather-filled mattress in the chamber above .
2 Actually , I did n't like the way Diggs questioned me about what had happened , and for a few moments I thought he might have guessed , but my replies seemed to satisfy him .
3 And for a few weeks I was happy .
4 Bellybutton was McIllvanney 's foreman , and for a few seconds I dared hope that he had come to help us , but instead he told me that one of the bareboat thirty-three-footers was in trouble .
5 Their arguments were faultless and after a few moments I felt myself drowning in doubt , drowning in the time trap surrounding the area .
6 I did n't quite close the door , and after a few moments I could hear her footsteps walking briskly past .
7 He disappeared into the stable and after a few moments I peeped inside .
8 But it was only somewhere about thirty degrees Celsius and after a few days I had become accustomed to the change in temperature .
9 I was sleeping with my boyfriend , and after a few months I found I was pregnant and I had to stop going there .
10 I am hot and sticky from my drive , but the scent of lilac drifts in from the garden with the sound of blackbirds , and within a few minutes I feel much at home .
11 I then started lungeing him and within a few months I rode him out at walk : a very difficult task .
12 She 's soaking wet and within a few thrusts I 'm ready to come and she 's panting , then grunting then calling out , ‘ Oh , fuck , yes ! ’ and then it 's all over and I collapse over her and then fall off her and almost cut my ear on the cool blade of the kitchen knife lying on the sheet .
13 If I stood on a street corner somewhere , someone could slip me a small packet in exchange for a fiver and in a few hours I 'd be slumped on the floor of a public toilet : a Drug Statistic .
14 He led me to his house and in a few minutes I had diagnosed the trouble — a flat battery .
15 Jack ‘ I 'll be retiring soon ’ Duncan has finally gone and in a few weeks I shall also have a clear desk and be on my way to Viewforth , Stirling to take up my appointment as Director of Technical Services in Central Region .
16 In the evening a teacher arrived to help me learn the language , and in a few days I was able to make conversation with the island people .
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