Example sentences of "[prep] the few [noun] he " in BNC.

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1 For the few minutes he was trapped there he could feel the pull of the ocean on his legs .
2 Don Cameron was Head of Talks , and I was usually in charge of his visit , which kept me busy for the few days he would be with us , twice a year .
3 Beeney was well positioned for the few shots he had to take .
4 One of the few things he could instantly recall from his own brief marriage was his wife 's grilling a kipper on a gridiron over the fire .
5 It was one of the few times he did n't get up and down from trouble , and that put us level .
6 I tell the truth , honest I do ! " one was shouting , and it and a few others tugged at the lower edges of the few furs he still had on and pulling on his under-breeches where they appeared out of the top of his boots .
7 But one of the few countries he has not designed for is his homeland Hungary .
8 He knew that he was in the presence of one of the few men he might recognize as an equal , a kindred spirit .
9 At 18 , Couples hooked his drive out of bounds , one of the few mistakes he made on a day that turned cold and windy by the time the five-hour 25-minute round had ended .
10 In fact , it 's one of the few places he 's ever been outside London .
11 With the relaxed detachment of a man who has an implicit trust in his technology , Vologsky cast his eyes over the bewildering array of instruments which made up the control panel , taking note of the few facts he actually needed to know .
12 She smiled down at him and realized that in the few weeks he 'd been with her he had not only put on weight but had grown a few inches in height too .
13 He admitted the murder in the few words he spoke to the people .
14 Over the few weeks he had been in Mandru 's house , Lucien had acknowledged Jeopardy 's beauty and talent , but had also despised him .
15 He was 128th in driving accuracy , 180th in sand saves , 192nd , which is to say dead last , in sub-par holes ( percentage of eagles and birdies ) , 191st ( or second-to-last ) in scoring average , dead last in both putting on the few greens he hit in regulation and in total putts ( which means that when he missed a green , he seldom got it up and down ) , and dead last again in shooting birdies on par-3s , par-4s and par-5s .
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