Example sentences of "had [verb] in the [num ord] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some kind of crisis had developed in the last few minutes , and she did n't know why she felt afraid . |
| 2 | ‘ What 's the point ? ’ said the landlord , who for some reason had come in the last few weeks to regard the Mrs Machins as in an obscure way a rival show to himself . |
| 3 | As things turned out it was the Americans who made the greatest contribution , drawing heavily on the practice they had adopted in the last few years to incorporate the expertise available from industry and the unions into their CAB ( as they then were ) investigations . |
| 4 | Kaas had said nothing , had just wondered what they would say about his public image if they ever discovered the extent of the terrorist acts he had unleashed in the last few months . |
| 5 | So much had happened in the last few months . |