Example sentences of "in the [adj] few [noun pl] i " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Unless there is news of a signing for us in the next few days I am seriously think of saying fuck off to Leeds .
3 In the next few months I studied hard with Mr Pocket , who was always a most kind and helpful teacher .
4 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 .
5 Well , in the next few weeks I sang like a canary .
6 After reading some of the criticisms from readers in the past few months I felt that it was about time I wrote in .
7 ‘ Having been so close to winning the title in the past few years I thought this was going to be my chance but the draws have just dried up and I ca n't seem to get near fish , ’ said Dave from Hednesford , Staffordshire .
8 In the past few years I have been involved in a Seminar for senior administrators from the Third World studying at British Universities A group of 25 or 30 is gathered each year at Plockton in Wester Ross by the British Council , the ODA and the Highland Board .
9 In the past few years I have been amazed at the transformation of the zoo , to a very modern , progressive and caring institution .
10 In the last few years I have done a lot of float fishing from a punt for big bream and I can state quite categorically that , if it is done correctly , it can be a most deadly method of catching bream .
11 Ideally I would like to work part-time , and have written to you as in the last few years I have seen part-time posts advertised at Prentice 's .
12 Generally my fish are too healthy to require treatment , but in the last few years I have been able to buy fish as they arrive in the country ( usually via the large fish shows . )
13 I 've knocked about a bit in the last few years I suppose , but I was always restless until I came to a very ordinary house in a rather dingy London suburb , where there was a large and interesting family who had been in the same place for a long time .
14 I think , you know , in the last few years I 've really I think it is changing .
15 I mean , now I 've got several hundred pounds resting on it if I have to walk in the last few miles I will , but er pride I 'm sure I 'll keep going .
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