Example sentences of "but [prep] [art] few [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Three years later Robert married Mary , the daughter of Stephen Longmoore , a farmer , but within a few months he left for America in order to improve his position . |
| 32 | He was forty-one years of age and still a bachelor , but within a few months it became known that he wished to marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson , an American divorcee . |
| 33 | In the above case The Times mentioned that ‘ the rapist has been leading a fox-style existence living rough in wooded countryside ’ , but within a few months it was clear , in yet another case , that it is the nickname itself which becomes crucial rather than any particular style of existence . |
| 34 | Dr. Scambler had given up much hope for his life , but within a few days he was surprisingly recovered . |
| 35 | It was n't that the Captain had anything specific to ask him , but on the few occasions they had worked together the Marshal had always had something helpful to offer . |