Example sentences of "[vb past] by [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The individual trials lasted no more than five minutes each followed by a few minutes ' deliberation . |
| 2 | Some of the stories will now appear dated , and as the years ticked by a few of his novels did tend to veer on to the wrong side of the far-fetched . |
| 3 | But there was a motor bike went by a few minutes ago . |
| 4 | The monastery was borne along on a buoyant prosperity which , while it may have contributed to the dissatisfactions and distractions felt by the few , drew most of its members together in a sense of their importance and independence , and hastened the disappearance of earlier divisions . |
| 5 | I am afraid he 's the laughing-stock of the court , despised by most and pitied by the few who listen to his constant pleas of innocence . |
| 6 | Their room at school , within a few weeks of Katherine arrival , had by a few deft touches and additions acquired a new look . |
| 7 | When Crawford left for London , there was another five weeks ' filming still to do , and that overran by a few days . |