Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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1 | Now let me for just a few minutes , look forward if that 's not too presumptuous for a chair who is moving out . |
2 | I could watch her face as she made repeated revisions of her assessments of me of only a few moments before . |
3 | But it might be as well for those of you with just a few years to go before you have to repay your loan to check with your insurance company that there 's going to be enough in the kitty to repay it . |
4 | So try and remember that I E one when it makes an E sound I before E except after C now that 's going to help you with quite a few words . |
5 | He was taller than she by only a few inches , and slenderly built , an athletic lightweight in a heather tweed sportscoat and grey cords . |
6 | The King had settled himself into such a groove of petulant determination that there was no question of the rejection of the bargain deflecting him for even a few days . |
7 | She was n't going to give him the satisfaction of knowing she dared not be alone with him for even a few minutes . |
8 | You 've known him for only a few days , so that 's impossible . |
9 | She thought they had started from different points , although she had wanted to marry him after only a few meetings because he ‘ felt good to be with ’ . |
10 | They did little , however , and Grubb took over the ride again last November , but has taken him to only a few shows , mostly indoor , in which Ever has been extremely consistent . |
11 | At the time of the contrasting attentions given to the ball at Lord 's in 1930 it was worth polishing it during only a few early overs . |
12 | You see the Italians when they vote in that referendum , I 've discussed it with quite a few cousins at the time , it was n't they 're exactly |
13 | Although walls can be initially quite expensive , they require very little maintenance , little or no staffing and draw in many user visits ( 10,000 per year in Glasgow , 6,000 per year in Fort William ) thus paying for themselves after only a few years . |