Example sentences of "only [vb past] a few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They had a long and very happy life together , and when her husband finally died Lucia only lingered a few days before following him . ’ |
| 2 | Today , with just over a month to go before the general election , it only merited a few lines on the inside pages . |
| 3 | Second man in is and he was from Sanco Texas er he only flew a few missions with me , in training I 'd had another co-pilot and er I had checked the co-pilot I had when the crew was organized out , so he could go back through and come as er as a Plane Commander with a crew . |
| 4 | ‘ I only had a few glasses of wine and I 'm sure the police waited for me . |
| 5 | He captured the citadel but he only had a few troops with him and it was clear he could n't hold it for long , so he pushed on east past Excideuil into the Limousin , driving straight into the heartland of the rebel cause and devastating the country as he went . |
| 6 | Yes because I went to , I only had a few weeks at er and that was and I would n't stick that . |