Example sentences of "in the [adj] few [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first few months we received a considerable amount of written advice from individuals and professional organisations , and so in making our decisions we could draw on a range of expertise . |
| 2 | In the first few weeks they treated his wife nicely . |
| 3 | The twins were demanding — in the first few years she thought she would go mad from lack of sleep and overwork — but at least they touched her and hugged her and kissed her and loved her . |
| 4 | In the next few pages we explain more about the difficulties which can occur — and how you can protect your business against them . |
| 5 | In the next few sections I will look at the characteristics of LE as used by the black community , with respect to vocabulary , grammar and accent . |
| 6 | I think that er we are probably some years of and therefore whilst we make indulge our service in the next few moments it each other er we are eventually and then perhaps going through a convenient route er and thrashing out some sort of profit margin . |
| 7 | In the next few days you will be briefed by your managers who will be picking up issues specific to your particular part of the organisation and who will act as feedback channels for your questions and concerns . |
| 8 | And it is expected that in the next few days she will address the military 's other grievances . |
| 9 | In the next few days she had kept speaking of their child as ‘ my son ’ , with a possessiveness that struck him as bestial and prescient . |
| 10 | In the next few days he was busy making size , painting signs and colouring the room and ‘ hooking . ’ |
| 11 | Unless there is news of a signing for us in the next few days I am seriously think of saying fuck off to Leeds . |
| 12 | If a bird had looked down on the quarry in the next few seconds it would have been amazed . |
| 13 | We 're constantly reworking songs and I imagine in the next few months we 'll probably be reworking members too . |
| 14 | Textiles workers , Greater London Staff Association , Apex , tailor and garment workers , they were all wooed by other unions but they all had the good sense to merge into the G M B. In the next few months we 'll be joined by members of E F T A T. I am delighted that the Special E F T A T Conference voted in favour of the G M B. I welcome that decision and I pay tribute to the many colleagues who worked so hard to achieve that victory . |
| 15 | ‘ In the next few months we will see what the public think we should spend our money on , as we look at the results of a survey . ’ |
| 16 | A bright future for London 's securities firms would , oddly , be nearer if in the next few months they once again lost oodles of cash . |
| 17 | In the next few months I studied hard with Mr Pocket , who was always a most kind and helpful teacher . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | La Plata , the administrative centre of Buenos Aires province , had undergone economic vicissitudes at the end of the century , but with the upturn in its fortunes in the next few years it acquired a station of striking originality , an overall shed flanked by a staggeringly ornate pentagonal building covered in statuary and surmounted by a dome . |
| 20 | In the next few weeks they spent a lot of time together . |
| 21 | Well , in the next few weeks I sang like a canary . |
| 22 | Sir , — In the past few months we have heard much regarding possible reforms in the working of parliament . |
| 23 | I am glad to report that in the past few months we have made real progress with the car manufacturers . |
| 24 | After reading some of the criticisms from readers in the past few months I felt that it was about time I wrote in . |
| 25 | In the past few months it has become clear to Her Majesty that her own children have spectacularly failed in their duty to the Crown . |
| 26 | In the past few months he has sided with those in the party and the army who have long wanted a crackdown . |
| 27 | And tragically , in the past few weeks we have seen the US and its Allies carry out over 44,000 sorties over a period of 20 days against the people of Iraq . |
| 28 | I guess that in referring to that issue in the past few weeks we have been guilty of understating the size of the problem . |
| 29 | Can I just ask you , in the past few weeks we 've all heard , and in fact I 've cited some figures in this programme , that , you know , people have been staying away . |
| 30 | Over and over again in the past few weeks he has shown himself to be leading a rudderless , aimless Government . |