Example sentences of "[verb] those few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's forgotten those few minutes already , she thought resentfully while a state of depression began to grip her . |
| 2 | This would bring those few universities currently outside the BLDSC scheme into it very quickly . |
| 3 | It may be difficult to explain why a few minutes spent reading fourteen lines of Shakespeare should be a higher pleasure than reading an equivalent length of a James Bond story , but the analyses of literary criticism elucidate how in the former case one is living those few minutes in intensified awareness with an extraordinarily extended span , from the texture of the words sounding in one 's inner ear to the remotest implications for the living of one 's whole life . |
| 4 | ‘ That was the forty-seventh time we 'd done those few lines . ’ |
| 5 | I think I must have known the truth about myself , in some deep part of my mind , when I first read those few pages of your book in my master 's study . |
| 6 | She 'd only had those few hours at The Haven . |
| 7 | As well as the series of long-distance trains which still run through Birmingham , the sub-sector now includes those few trains from the North West to Dover which run through Kensington Olympia in London , and the service between Manchester and Scotland via Preston and the West Coast main line . |
| 8 | Ray and I exchanged those few words , then climbed on towards the concrete parody of a summit . |
| 9 | They spent those few days in Blackpool and she last saw him as he left for duty from Chester station . |
| 10 | They spent those few days in Blackpool and she last saw him as he left for duty from Chester railway station . |
| 11 | In pursuance of this nonsense , you not only hear those few callers who succeed in getting through , you 're also subjected to a cheery stream-of-consciousness summary of the grievances expressed by all the rest . |
| 12 | She 'd picked up the literary allusion immediately , and enjoyed those few seconds during which the man 's intensely blue eyes had held her own . |
| 13 | As she watched the door swing gently to a close behind him , Lindsey was left with the crazy feeling that she must have imagined those few seconds when something , even if she could n't put a name to it , had passed between them . |
| 14 | And could anyone imagine that in order to get those few minutes of screen imagery in the can , the three of them inhaled 1O5 real joints of excellent quality Mexican grass ? |
| 15 | But in many cases the threat of legal action has been enough to stop those few shopkeepers who attempt to profit from glue and solvent sales to solvent misusers . |
| 16 | Relegate those few kisses to ridicule , why do n't you ! |
| 17 | The role of dreaming in all this was to provide a channel of communication for the gods to inform and warn those few mortals sufficiently significant to attract their attention , at critical moments in their lives . |