Example sentences of "only [art] few [noun pl] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would take only a few minutes to open a door , search out the riding boots and pour a little mercury over each spur . ’ |
| 2 | As the launch and the bows of the sinking yacht were now almost level it took only a few seconds to transfer the six survivors — another had joined the group of five that Talbot had seen — aboard the launch . |
| 3 | It took him only a few seconds to find the page he wanted . |
| 4 | Syphilis has long been labelled ‘ the great imitator ’ and there are only a few clues to prod the examining doctor into thinking of the correct diagnosis rather than some other condition . |
| 5 | Prepared in only a few weeks to satisfy an urgent need for cash on the part of Steinitz , who is building an auction house complex at Saint Ouen in the suburbs of Paris , the auction did have a catalogue covering 352 major items but without printed estimates . |