Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [unc] [noun sg] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After a frantic few minutes ' chase the skua realises this is n't going to be cost-effective and breaks off to look for something easier .
2 Unless there is exceptional need they only work from Monday to Friday , and as the service is very short-staffed in many areas most people can only receive a few hours ' help a week ; although in special cases daily help can be arranged .
3 After his second retirement eight years later , he was again ‘ let down lightly ’ , by doing a few days ' work a month on market research .
4 In a few days ' time the President of the Society for the Protection of the Selva Sur , David Ricalde , would tell me , ‘ Some of these naturalists , it 's not their fault but they do n't know their stuff .
5 After a few days ' rain the course was just right for the spectators anyway , plenty of mud .
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