Example sentences of "during [art] [num ord] few [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because HAI was in its infancy , in every job he filled during the first few years he had an American opposite number , sometimes with 30 years ' experience of the industry . |
| 2 | During the first few nights he had found sleep almost impossible . |
| 3 | During the first few months he worked with a gang of local road-menders , filling pot-holes on the highway , smoothing cambers , paving the dirt tracks that led to ranches . |
| 4 | There will now be a much shorter time delay until the next bee comes and during the next few hours lots of bees , all from the same hive as the original discoverer , will visit the food source . |
| 5 | In June 1933 Edward gave a birthday party for Wallis , and during the next few months he visited the Simpsons ' flat in London almost every day . |
| 6 | During the next few days we lost my pony , two of our riding mules and five more baggage mules . |
| 7 | During the next few days I lived in terror , doors locked , ready to fly — to leave through the front door if Aunt Louise came to the back , or out of the back door if I saw her coming down the path . |
| 8 | During the next few days I saw a lot of ‘ Deemy ’ and it was he who suggested that Major Hal could clear the decks for me to accompany him on his next flight back to Siberia . |
| 9 | That first day at school depressed me , and during the next few days I begged my parents to let me stay at home , which of course was out of the question . |
| 10 | During the next few days I went about my duties with propriety and correctness . |
| 11 | During the next few years I developed new mathematical techniques to remove this and other technical conditions from the theorems that proved that singularities must occur . |
| 12 | During the next few years he drew up a similar body of monastic observances for use in his cathedral church . |
| 13 | That is why during the next few weeks we shall be embarked on considering the extent to which we can change it to the benefit of all . |
| 14 | During the next few weeks my fortunes took a more propitious turn . |
| 15 | ‘ During the last few weeks we have been to Kent for the filming . |
| 16 | DURING THE LAST FEW WEEKS WE WERE IN PRÉFLEUR WE spoke little . |
| 17 | I was also surprised to hear that during the last few days her Premium Bond had won £5,000 . |
| 18 | During the last few days she had been sent a poison pen letter , had her life turned upside down , and now she was in the arms of the man whom she had been absolutely determined to divorce . |
| 19 | If an egg has been discharged from the ovary during the last few days it will now be on its way through the tubes . |
| 20 | During the last few years our strategy has been clearly focused on those businesses where we have significant competitive advantage . |
| 21 | Patricia McQuigg , the mother of one of his friends , says : ‘ Luke practically lived at my house during the last few years he was at school . |
| 22 | During the last few years there has been an increase in swinging and ground looping accidents and these must be analysed to see if there are new lessons to be learned . |
| 23 | During the last few years there has been a lot of publicity about food poisoning . |
| 24 | During the last few years there have been a number of discoveries suggesting that conodonts may be vertebrates . |
| 25 | During the last few years there have been a series of policy changes which have altered the composition and reduced the real level of income available to full-time higher education students ; for example , the introduction of student loans , and the reduction in access to welfare benefits . |
| 26 | During the last few years there has been growing concern over the effects of sharp regional variations in house prices on the mobility of labour . |