Example sentences of "[art] few [noun] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you wear that , ’ he said curtly , ‘ you 'll destroy one of the few things your father possessed . |
| 2 | And er we , one of the few times my dad came to Foundry Lane he I got a book , I think it were called Tiger Tim and , on the back they gave a model that you cut out with scissors and pu |
| 3 | It is one of the few diseases which medicine could attack before the Second World War , by passive immunization . |
| 4 | After a few moments her voice grew louder , and she started to shout at her mother . |
| 5 | Retirement migration is an important component , but except for a few areas its contribution to population growth has been smaller than that of other age groups , not just pre-retirement moves but also those of younger working age and their families ( Warnes and Law , 1984 ) . |
| 6 | All the trouble , says Ronnie , is down to ‘ a few families who doa n't keep their young ’ uns in order . |
| 7 | In all but a few cases their treason had been petty , enlisting in the German ranks after being taken prisoner or something of that sort . |
| 8 | After a few minutes her voice began to grate on Dougal 's ears . |
| 9 | Within a few minutes my body was one mass of bruises from head to toe . |
| 10 | So after it happened a few times our teacher said ‘ We wo n't have cooking like this any more . ’ |
| 11 | So serene , in fact , that after we 'd had a meal at the bungalow and a few drinks my mother did something she 'd never done before . |
| 12 | After a few days my condition improved , the weather changed dramatically , and I made my way across the cultivated , fertile fields of Normandy . |
| 13 | He was n't allowed to work that day , so people turned up in a white shirt and tie and looking smart , they had to wear uniforms even a cap but unfortunately nowadays , although a lot of the I have seen quite a few people their uniform has changed since I left , but erm they do come to work in very very casual work now . |
| 14 | Her father encouraged her desire to learn navigation and other aspects of seamanship , and after a few years her proficiency was obvious to everyone who sailed with her . |
| 15 | In a few years her shame , and she herself , would be forgotten . |
| 16 | Perhaps too the journey had reminded her of the dreadful certainty that within a few years her beauty would fade , and all these inflated hopes and fears had combined to produce a mood of abandon utterly foreign to her that had found its culmination in that jungle storm . |
| 17 | Captain French died in 1854 and within a few years his wife was confined to a mental home . |
| 18 | He used to say that in a few years his uncle would retire ; then he would be in control . ’ |
| 19 | But after a few weeks my girlfriend 's dad got a phone call from the old couple we 'd painted the house for , they wanted to get in the coal shed and could n't because I 'd painted over the lock . |
| 20 | At first I was too busy to see any change in myself , but one morning after a few weeks our flight was coming to the end of a five-mile run . |
| 21 | There were a few couples whose friendship was of long standing and who were always seen about together . |
| 22 | But the marriage plan for Matilda was now dead , and within a few months her father was killed in a border skirmish , and we hear no more of her for the next seven years . |
| 23 | Within a few months his position came under threat from a new direction . |
| 24 | The ground was soft and spongy and in only a few paces her canvas shoes were soaked . |
| 25 | Every few minutes my saddle , a thin nylon sack , would slide alarmingly forwards . |
| 26 | Every few months his owner gives Ben a bath . |
| 27 | Every few miles his suitcase bounced out the back of the cart and Tock became annoyed at having to stop and collect it all the time . |