Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | He who had been with Christ when the voice came to him saying , ‘ This is my Son , whom I love ’ , denied him three times a few months later . |
| 2 | ‘ Even know you tried to pay back the last five shillings a few minutes before my father went to the synagogue one Saturday . |
| 3 | During the past ten to 15 years a few new bungalows have been built , and with the eight council houses built in the 1930s , there is a pleasing variety of architectural styles . |
| 4 | The latter was the simple story of two villages a few kilometres apart , one of which was well-known for its beautiful cabbages while the other was famous for its grapes and wine . |
| 5 | Harvey lived with his wife and two children a few miles outside town on the road to Laredo and the Mexican border . |
| 6 | The city centre was cordoned off after fires were discovered in two stores a few hours before the Prime Minister , John Major , was to address a farmers conference 400 yards away . |
| 7 | In the centre of the island are the fire mountains — dormant volcanoes — where the temperature is 400 degrees a few feet below the surface , and you can find a restaurant that grills your steak on the native rock . |