Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.

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1 So after a week he takes away the bandage , removes the bit of radium , sure enough there 's a bright red radiation burn on his forearm but apart from that he feels fine , he does n't feel ill , he obviously has n't died , er so he said well I 'll leave that for a few weeks and monitor my , my health and see if there 's any long term affects from this exposure to , to radiation .
2 He remained like that for a few seconds longer , while they tied his wrists to a pair of iron rings bolted into the wall , and then they let him go and left him dangling there — half in , half out of the river .
3 He seemed to consider that for a few seconds and then replied , ‘ Maria Luisa needed me around . ’
4 They stayed like that for a few seconds , both breathing hard , their mouths almost touching .
5 Then , after going on like that for a few minutes he took my hand and said , ‘ Faith you were absolutely rubbish ! ’ with that famous dead-pan expression .
6 ‘ It shows that the public is beginning to realise that for a few pounds spent on car security they can protect their second most expensive purchase , ’ he said .
7 ‘ It shows that the public is beginning to realise that for a few pounds spent on car security they can protect their second most expensive purchase . ’
8 Try saying that after a few gins .
9 What I 'm worried about at the moment is that large numbers of people are buying computers , especially some of the cheaper ones , and my prediction is that after a few weeks , they get put into cupboards , and are n't used , because they are so unfriendly , so hard to use , whereas in principle computers could be very powerful and useful devices in the home .
10 They had been fucking like this for a few months , slyly , without letting on to the outside world .
11 He pondered the implications of this for a few days , uncertain whether to welcome it or feel alarmed .
12 It is a good idea to do this for a few more days before the horse travels .
13 Do this for a few days ( see figure 4 ) .
14 Nigel considered this for a few moments and then he said , ‘ Tell you what .
15 Could you leave this for a few days until I 'm fresher ? ’
16 After thinking about this for a few minutes , he said , ‘ No ; it must be imagination . ’
17 He held her like this for a few seconds and then , suddenly , the oddly predatory look left his face and his hands dropped to his sides .
18 He sometimes wondered if it was not Blanche 's ability to daydream like this for a few seconds a day , the power to see beauty in apparent ugliness , that was the key to her resilience .
19 We stared at one another for a few seconds .
20 Long after the demonstration ended , groups of demonstrators , each of several hundred and some of a few thousand , were dotted about the square , cheering and chanting .
21 Long after the afternoon demonstration ended , groups of demonstrators , each of several hundred and some of a few thousand , were dotted about the square , cheering and chanting .
22 ‘ All About Eve ’ and ‘ Kennedy ’ , are some of the few examples ) and even after more than 50 lyrical outings , the one-track mind persists .
23 Some of the few inspiring things in the whole gallery come from the 1951 Festival Of Britain exhibition .
24 Some of the few studies that have taken account of gender suggest that Afro-Caribbean girls are achieving higher levels than boys at school level , partly because they are pursuing different strategies , which are necessary in order to survive in the context of high unemployment and low wages for black male workers ( Fuller , 1983 ; see also Riley , 1986 ; Driver , 1977 ) .
25 I once watched a television documentary about St Kilda , during which they interviewed some of the few people living who had been born and had spent their youth on the island .
26 The Dolphin , the Bermuda Suite , Club 93 , the Bingo hall , a large swimming pool , a Sports hall , Amusements , these are just some of the few things that are situated at Highfield Holiday Park , Clacton , where my family and I have been going on Holiday for 10 years .
27 Others who also cared that some of the few remaining oak trees would be felled , stone walls and hedges destroyed , and that the dippers on this stretch of the river Dee would be driven off by low flying golf balls , ducked the issue and remained silent .
28 Um and erm that might be that 's one of th some of the few things that the library 's got but erm er anyway .
29 ‘ You managed to organize all this in the few minutes I was out there ?
30 Its policy on Europe could best be described as jerking from one extreme to another within a few years , at one moment leaving the European Community altogether and in the next being willing to sign up to anything for which the EC asks ; at one moment supporting the closed shop and in the next denigrating it .
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