Example sentences of "time [prep] [art] [adj] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his Mercedes he was stopped four times in the first few days . |
| 2 | I 've heard that play so many times in the past few days , I knew the lines was n't right . |
| 3 | Schools , temples and churches have been hit too many times in the past few weeks to be the victims of mistakes . |
| 4 | The Park Off-Licence in Faringdon Road in Swindon has been raided several times in the past few months . |
| 5 | Several times in the next few months I went up to the top floor again , where I could look out of the high windows in the roof to see the surrounding countryside and be alone with my thoughts . |
| 6 | I hope you still support firemen through their troubled times in the next few months . |
| 7 | Fifth , class action suits mean that a shareholder with just one share can sue on behalf of the entire body of shareholders and , finally , the widely misused Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act allows any firm that has been charged with fraud more than three times in the previous few years , whether or not it is found guilty , to be perceived as a corrupt organisation and therefore liable for triple damages . |
| 8 | ‘ As we have said several times in the last few days , ’ Hoare wrote to Neville Chamberlain on 31 August , ‘ we had some great good luck in the absence of Winston and L.G.' Having destroyed one coalition , Baldwin had no intention of entering another . |
| 9 | ‘ I saw Everton more times in the last few months of last season than I have for a long time . ’ |
| 10 | I have been moved on two or three thousand times in the last few years |
| 11 | After all , she has been asked the question several times over the past few days and will not say yes or no . |
| 12 | We have faced particularly traumatic times over the last few weeks as the economic situation has forced us to reduce our staff numbers in the UK . |
| 13 | Finbar O'Doherty was to appear in the pages of the Derry Journal numerous times over the next few years , under a variety of names , including George Doherty , George O'Doherty , George F. O'Doherty , Finbar Doherty , Finbar O'Doherty and Fionnbarra Ó Dochartaigh . |
| 14 | The ERA became law on 29 July 1988 , though each of its many provisions will come into force at different times over the next few years . |
| 15 | If things get too complicated , he told himself , not for the first time in the last few months , I can always make a run for it . |
| 16 | There are fears that Wall Street , which this week hit a peak , is in for a torrid time in the next few weeks . |
| 17 | He told us that he expected to be posted to the front at some time in the next few weeks but he would still be home by Christmas ; an officer had told him that the bloody Huns would have been sent packing long before then . |
| 18 | Not for the first time in the past few months , Jonadab was disturbed to recognise envy and the seeds of discord in his youngest son . |
| 19 | CAPRICORN — VERY few Capricorns have had a whale of a time in the past few years . |
| 20 | They have obviously been through a very bad time over the last few days and it is n't going to get any better over the next few weeks . ’ |
| 21 | Successful completion of a complex exercise such as this upgrade requires team work and a project team consisting of people from Services Delivery , Technical Services Systems Development and IBM have spent a considerable amount of time over the last few weeks to ensure that the upgrade when ahead without impact on Technology 's customers . |
| 22 | The weather reports indicate that we may get a light snowfall some time over the next few days . |
| 23 | In the same way , all examinations make considerable demands on teachers ' time in terms of involvement in Examination Board work , running examinations in school and subsequently marking them ; but an examination like GCSE , with radically new features , is likely to involve considerably more time over the next few years for teachers to become able and proficient in its procedures . |
| 24 | The hon. Member for Dunfermline , East ( Mr. Brown ) has spent much of his time over the past few months telling industry about his policies . |