Example sentences of "[art] few [noun pl] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It was after ten o'clock , and he would be quite right to disapprove , if it were n't for the fact that , in spite of appearances , she had slept for only a few hours last night .
2 I sympathized and threw in a few choice obscenities and ‘ hanging 's too good for ‘ ems ’ but made a note to pick up a few watches next time I was down the Brick Lane midnight market .
3 did quite a few graphs last time , and you 're good on algebra , manipulating things , you 're good on trig , vectors and matrices , how do you feel about those ?
4 I saw him play a few times last year when they were still in the premier div. and was fairly impressed however I have n't seen his form this season and I 'm sure a year in Div.1 wo n't have improved him .
5 ‘ He is without doubt their greatest danger and he gave us a few problems last week . ’
6 We are keen to run a few events next year outside Edinburgh , and a visit to the newish organisation EuroInfoCentre is also planned ( for 18th March ) .
7 We 'll be going to London for a few days next month to find suitable premises , so I 'll be able to go down and see Mum and Dad and the children .
8 Stella , before Howard leaves , will you fix for him to fly to New Canaan for a few days last spring … ? ’
9 For a few days last week it looked as though United States voters would behave as British voters did earlier this year and swing back to the devil they knew .
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