Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [prep] [pos pn] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A mirror , ’ Reynard repeats , realising this is one of the few times in his life he 's been surprised . |
| 2 | Edward sat frozen , one of the few times in his life he had been genuinely frightened . |
| 3 | However , when one of the assembled men had suggested that they could have used more men , Springfield had assured them their numbers would be quite sufficient for the job in hand , adding enigmatically that he had a few aces up his sleeve which would reduce the odds against them . |
| 4 | The Ministers and the Court dignitaries were on the platform to make their farewells , which the Emperor had insisted be short and restrained , so that within a few minutes of his arrival he and his son were on board and the train left to cries of ‘ Vive l'Empereur ! ’ |
| 5 | If we find him for you , I fancy we 'd value a few minutes of his time ourselves , if we find him … ’ |
| 6 | I 'm sorry to intrude on you at this hour , but if you can give me a few minutes of your time you may be able to help me , and I 'll be very much obliged . ’ |
| 7 | Nicky Ryan can be a defensive man in the wrong company , but after a few minutes in my presence he seems to know I have ‘ felt ’ Enya 's music , and he relaxes considerably . |
| 8 | After a few words with her husband she shook hands with me , kissed him on both cheeks , and then quickly disappeared down the cellar , leaving the two of us to finish off the champagne and burgundy . |
| 9 | That is just a few words in your mind you can see a person walking along . |
| 10 | Within a few months of his resignation he was politically dead ; and the repose lost its savour as soon as it was uninterrupted by forced returns to the grindstone . |
| 11 | He repudiated the oath by which he had restored to the Holy See the ecclesiastical rights and privileges enjoyed by the emperors and the kings of Sicily and within a few months of his coronation he began to progress down into Italy . |
| 12 | During the meeting with him a few months before his death which was recorded in an article published in the London Review , Philip Roth found him as keen as mustard : here was someone who listened , with the intent stillness of a chipmunk . |
| 13 | A few months after his death I finally was able to write an elegy for my father , ‘ died 21st January , 1958 ’ , which is the final poem in The Prodigal Son . |
| 14 | Within a few days of his election he already knew that the way to realize this ‘ new Pentecost ’ was an Ecumenical Council . |
| 15 | Within a few days of his visit you receive details of two sous-chefs , both well versed in haute cuisine , both having trained with chefs of international repute , and both now ready to manage their own kitchen . |
| 16 | A few days after his arrival my father was received in audience . |
| 17 | A few weeks after our meeting I accepted his invitation to become a member of that Commission , which also included David Donnison , Noel Annan ( Lord Annan ) , John Vaizey ( now Lord Vaizey ) , and Bernard Williams ( then married to Shirley Williams ) . |
| 18 | just a few weeks before her death he had written fondly to her on a postcard from Florence ( where the Sadler 's Wells Ballet went for the Maggio Musicale festival ) that she ‘ would love it so . |
| 19 | We 've got quite a few pupils in our school who will seize on anything like this as a means of causing friction between the various groups . |