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

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1 ‘ She is unable to give an interview to someone who has been so rude to her , ’ he told Groom curtly , but agreed to furnish her himself with the few facts she needed .
2 But I am going to having said that I will tell you of the few accidents that have occurred over the years , and one of them was mine in the early days when I was learning th the full size removal job .
3 And your cousin was one of the first one of the few women I ever knew , who could take shorthand in Welsh .
4 from my vantage point I saw nothing in the few seconds between the County Inspector 's announcement to have incited what appeared to be a concerted start by the police .
5 Even when Guy left her for the few seconds it took him to remove his own clothes , his murmured words of love and praise still warmed and reassured her .
6 There were photographs of her in the few parts she had been able to play in the years following her marriage ; photographs of her in youth , when her father had begun to launch her on the career which would be interrupted by the coming of Paul .
7 She felt a flood of heat as he stared down at her , felt the deepening intensity of his gaze on her in the few seconds before his mouth descended slowly to take possession of her lips .
8 He was perfectly amiable to her on the few occasions when they did meet ; sometimes she even felt that he liked her .
9 Kypov shouted at him across the few metres that separated them , and the breath spouted white from the Major 's mouth .
10 I walked as in a nightmare , aware of nothing but the few yards of tarmac ahead and stopping every few yards .
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