Example sentences of "in [art] few [noun pl] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | My answer to the first part of his question is that in the few weeks that I have had my present portfolio , two or three times in public I have stated my firm belief that it is in the interests of the people of Northern Ireland , the police and the security forces — indeed , in the interests of all of us — that the law be applied even-handedly and that those responsible for applying the law should do so . |
| 2 | The deterioration in my companion 's movements in the few weeks since I had last seen him was distressing to observe . |
| 3 | A storm arrives from the west , the snow falling so thickly in a few minutes that I fear I will lose my way . |
| 4 | I 've got a meeting in a few minutes and I — ’ |
| 5 | I could get to the car-park in a few minutes if I wanted to and be near him , thinking of him — his problems over , lying on the brown eiderdown in his blue pyjamas . |
| 6 | I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’ |