Example sentences of "course of [art] [adj] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She still found it hard to assimilate the way her life had changed so drastically in the course of a mere few days . |
| 2 | As I scrubbed away at my remaining teeth I reflected upon the number of obituaries of men in their early sixties which I 'd read in The Times over the course of the past few weeks , and I wondered whether the Great Reaper was running a special line in the age group for some divine , mysterious end , and if so , I thought , I might be next , and then they 'd be sorry . |
| 3 | He 'd lost weight , his eyes were staring and red as if they 'd been rolled in grit , and his clothes hung on him like a scarecrow 's ; it was almost as if , in the course of the past few weeks , he 'd been drained of the zest and the energy and the sense of confidence that she 'd steadily been picking up . |
| 4 | The community was to be governed according to the principle of ‘ Pantisocracy ’ — a word invented by Coleridge meaning ‘ equal rule by all ’ — and in the course of the next few months Pantisocracy in its broad details was discussed and argued into existence . |
| 5 | During the course of the next few months I uncovered a tale of wickedness and depravity hard to credit . |
| 6 | Standing back from the main road , surrounded by green grass , was the memorial to those men of the village and the surrounding hamlets who had died during the Great War , and behind the memorial was the primary school which I was going to join in the course of the next few days . |
| 7 | No one could foresee that over the course of the next few years the steel industry would be successfully reorganized and taken into the private sector . |
| 8 | It is thus possible that in the course of the next few years Council will assign the headship for a period to the holder of the Halford Mackinder Professorship , who will among those carrying an obligation to serve if so requested . |
| 9 | A HAVEN Mr Alan Milburn , Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for the town , said the charter was ‘ a declaration of intent that will be fulfilled during the course of the next few years . ’ |
| 10 | Something in the atmosphere of the room seemed to have changed in the course of the last few moments , and Liston could n't say for certain what it was . |