Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.

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1 An old worker , after giving the machine a jaundiced look , turned the handle and tried it with a few roots .
2 ‘ Teach me to live , that I may dread/The grave as little as my bed ’ , he had written ; in this spirit he carried his shroud in a portmanteau and put it on a few days before his death at Longleat in 1711 , which his friends considered to have been advanced by his fasting and mortifications .
3 erm so you know but you may find if you give , print off a few and give them to a few people over the weekend
4 ‘ You know the heat is off , Ruth , ’ he told her , his eyes catching hers and holding them for a few seconds .
5 Despite this , at lunchtime Kathleen presented me with four hours ' pay and pressed me for a few more details to help her with her enquiries .
6 Then I met up with Alan and , and he read though it and challenged me on a few things and we changed one or two bits , but I 've got my sort of target set out .
7 He wooed her and wed her within a few months .
8 I would like to invite members to stand and join me in a few moments silence in memory of Doctor .
9 The regime thus charged him with damage of government property and jailed him for a few months until he was released under a general amnesty .
10 She held my hand steady to bring the cigarette to the flame and kept it for a few seconds longer than she had to .
11 In real-time only seconds had passed , not much more time than it would have taken to see if he was in and ask him for a few minutes of his time .
12 But , within a couple of months of coming to the throne , Siraj-ud-Daula marched on Calcutta , seized and plundered it after a few days of frantic but ill-prepared resistance , and allowed the few British survivors of the seige to be locked up in the prison of the fortress for the night .
13 So have a look through your book have a very quick glance at erm if you can just at an acid alkali one , at one side of an equation co try not to read it cover it up write it down and leave it for a few minutes till you 've forgotten if you did accidentally see what was on the other side till you 've forgotten it .
14 Place the stem of a stick of celery in some dyed water and leave it for a few hours .
15 Also a photo of all the officers of Walsall that I saw in a second hand shop and I went and bought it for a few pence .
16 Glynn 's fax duly arrived and when it became apparent that the wiring was beyond the skills of a cack-handed caveman they promptly offered to collect the guitar ( I only live in Aberdeen ! ) , modify it and return it within a few working days .
17 You think going out and killing oneself for a few shillings is normal to a Masai ?
18 Go and see her in a few days .
19 Lisa struck a pose of melodramatic fervour and held it for a few seconds before slumping back in her seat .
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