Example sentences of "[verb] these few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 While I just put these few beans on for dad that we do n't like in the microwave .
2 The Old Testament may give these few hints of a Creator Spirit , and certainly this thought is found in the intertestamental period — where the parallelism between Wisdom , Word and Spirit is important — but the paucity of instances that can be adduced , and the plausibility of taking them in another sense , does make one very cautious of building up a great doctrine of co-operating with the Holy Spirit in his on-going work of creation .
3 You must then use these few seconds of relief from your negative thoughts to employ a more long term means of distraction to prevent the thoughts returning .
4 A few pages would not suffice to describe an idea that he required a thousand pages of his Life Divine to illumine ; my purpose in giving these few passages is to point in one of the directions that the creative mind can travel to find other worlds of serene delight and magnificence .
5 Sample these few lines from ‘ Destroy Protect And Survive ’ : ‘ We train young men to drop fire from above/Yet their commanding officers wo n't let them write ‘ f— ’ on the side of their aircraft/Because it 's obscene . ’
6 It was almost worth all that agony to have these few moments of companionship .
7 Highlighting these few bureaux may give the misleading impression that they are out of line with the mainstream .
8 She passionately wrote these few words to him :
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