Example sentences of "few [noun pl] of [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was not afraid of the dark , because when she was very little Maggie had had the last few scales of Fenna 's tail to suck on while she fell asleep . |
| 2 | Sickness rose , vying with the pain , as she found herself piecing together the last few hours of Mark 's life . |
| 3 | They met several times more up to 1985 , but seem to have remained in touch until the last few months of Ceauşescu 's rule . |
| 4 | Within a few months of Labour 's election victory , Herbert Morrison , who had overall charge of labour 's nationalisation programme , confirmed the Government 's intention of nationalising electricity and other fuel industries . |
| 5 | Though Wimbledon 's players , after a few bottles of Beck 's lager , no doubt named after Cambridge 's late , lamented manager John , are not most people 's idea of convivial company , one does wonder whether manager Ferguson and his uptight team might benefit from a little relaxation a la Jones . |
| 6 | It broke up within a few years of Anselm 's death under the impact of forces which were too strong for it . |
| 7 | But after a few days of Margery 's company ‘ the worshipful woman sped herself fast out of Akun with all her retinue ’ . |
| 8 | Within a few days of Elizabeth 's death the reivers had taken what they imagined would be the opportunity for easy plunder , and swarmed over the Border in what their victims and the Wardens referred to as ‘ Ill Week ’ . |
| 9 | But within a few weeks of William 's appointment she had applied to three different London boroughs for a job — any job — in social work , taken the first one she 'd been offered , fixed up the flat , put the cottage on the market , found a school for Edwin , and fled from the last five years of her life with almost indecent haste . |
| 10 | Within a few weeks of Glass 's abduction , a group calling itself the Organization of Good against Evil released video pictures of him allegedly confessing to being a spy . |
| 11 | Since Freemantle had to walk within a few yards of Leapor 's door whenever she approached Brackley from Hinton , it is perhaps odd that they had not met at least in passing . |
| 12 | He had , of course ‘ still got a few sheets of Donald 's prescription pad . |
| 13 | Few men of Binyon 's position and experience have tried or will try the experiment . |
| 14 | Over the past few months , we have been following a series of sermons on the last few chapters of Paul 's letter to the church in Rome . |