Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.

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1 He promised to return within a few weeks , bearing a bonnet of fashionable design .
2 He 'd played with a few friends over the years but never managed to overcome the logistics of forming and fronting a band .
3 He himself was only a little shy — and obviously very proud of the English words he 'd acquired in the few months since his arrival .
4 Before he had left for the airport , he had attended to a few last minute details in his study at Buckingham Palace .
5 Next morning , after a 9.15 breakfast , he discussed with Jones his ideas for a speech he had to make in a few weeks ' time at a Literary Fund dinner .
6 He continued to work until a few years ago and from then on passed much of his time in London .
7 Toscanini was clearly very much in tune with Mendelssohn 's music , but as in the case of other composers he tended to concentrate on a few scores , and not always those which were best .
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