Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | FIGURE 3 I put in a few plants growing outside the window . |
| 2 | I know it 's my fault she 's here , I suppose in a few years time I 'll wish I 'd been here , but now I want to be out enjoying myself . |
| 3 | But I think in the few months that this administration has er , has been in office , it is encouraging to see that the county council is operating inside the budget , er , which I believe was actually set by the previous administration , erm , er over which we had no influence whatsoever . |
| 4 | We stop the jeep for a few words with the Marines , some I recognise from a few weeks ago when they were on their way to take up positions on the coast , on the left of 1st Commando Brigade . |
| 5 | I step on a few and watch them crack in the middle like a sheet of glass . |
| 6 | The unusual job I have for a few weeks is to collect unpublished or limited circulation material for whizzkid computer boffins in Oxford to tag and analyse on computers . |
| 7 | Bird pollinators include unspecialized nectar eaters , which opportunistically visit many different kinds of flower , generally small ones , and specialized nectar eaters , which concentrate on a few kinds of flower , mainly larger ones . |
| 8 | The first organisms , which appear within a few hours of the pool forming , are bacteria , as well as tiny single celled plants and animals called algae and protozoa respectively . |
| 9 | If you 're strongly allergic to any foods , you 'll know what they are , but if you get the occasional bout of nettle rash for no obvious reason or red , itchy patches which fade within a few hours , suspect a food allergy and think back to what you 've eaten during that day . |
| 10 | If you get the occasional bout of nettle rash for no obvious reason , or even red itchy patches , which fade within a few hours , suspect a food allergy , you have eaten in the past day . |
| 11 | This is the origin of a great number of ‘ green lanes ’ on the map which run for a few miles , separating parishes on either side but eventually petering out . |
| 12 | Of course , no day is typical and there are particular tensions which emerge in the few weeks before the Christmas break . |
| 13 | But once that 's been accepted you ca n't argue with the price and this jacket 's certain to keep you warm for a few years at least . |
| 14 | I would suggest that you build in a few nice easy open questions at the beginning of the session . |
| 15 | If you wait for a few minutes , and it really can be that long , you might be surprised to discover that Windows un-freezes of its own accord . |
| 16 | house you know for a few pence . |
| 17 | I , I shall be seeing the you know in a few weeks time the daughter she 's a , she 's er Rene that was erm Eddie , who were very big pals of mine and we go to the anniversary lunch together so we 're all over eighty but erm you could n't the bread shop , was another confectioner 's shop , and then turning round the corner you come to another shop , up two steps , which was and that was another type of confectionery and shop , then you get as far as the corn and seed people er they used to have a shop in Street as well , and then before the First World War there was the butchers and they sold foreign meat . |
| 18 | You know in a few minutes . |
| 19 | Oh yeah yeah I would imagine so but I w er maybe it 's maybe you become a member if you go to a few of their and they get to know your faces or something and then you apply but I do n't really know . |
| 20 | We hope within a few weeks to move the pair of south bound stops on Clerk Street a little to the north . |
| 21 | We put on a few and I knew I was finishing , so I thought I would try to go out with a bang by breaking the pavilion window in the Long Room . |
| 22 | We flick through a few of them , Gilbert and George pointing out the anachronistic charm of the airbrushed male nudes . |
| 23 | We stand for a few moments in each other 's arms , and I ask what we should do this evening . |
| 24 | Is the price we pay for a few moments of Mills and Boon romance too high , leaving an aftermath of bitterness , boredom and let-down ? |
| 25 | This perennial plant 's big , bold , green clumps , measuring 90cm/3ft high and the same in diameter , grow even bigger and more productive before they deteriorate after a few years ' growth , and are then best replaced . |
| 26 | The University 's Alumni Office can provide help and advice to groups , whether they consist of a few friends who meet informally from time to time , a group from a particular department or year who wish to arrange a special reunion , or a more established society like the ones described on these pages . |
| 27 | ‘ Tata 's two assistants know everything there is to know about the trade , and I suspect you 'll know even more than they do within a few months . |
| 28 | Shufflebotham watched him work for a few moments . |