Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I gave it away I believe I was still playing well enough to continue for a few more years , but I had had enough , and it was time to consider the family . |
| 2 | The hype surrounding Justin v John Fashanu did not materialise but Justin came on , only to miss from a few yards as Sanchez intervened , leading to his injury and the booking of the Wimbledon physio . |
| 3 | The kingdom of Italy , the second big new state to emerge from the wars of the mid-century , had only to deal with a few French-speaking communities and some Germans in Venetia ; it did not yet have to face a minorities problem . |
| 4 | She has even suggested that a little less fishing might deplete the shoals enough to squeeze in a few vegetables . |
| 5 | Abandoned fawns have been reared on a bottle , only to die within a few months . |
| 6 | I 'd like to start before I explain that , just to refer to a few comments that Mr made . |
| 7 | So let's have about six different characters , before we do it I 'd like you need drafting books , just to think of a few questions that you would ask the characters . |
| 8 | With hindsight , it would have better still to lock in a few more gains . |
| 9 | ‘ You wo n't be going back to work for a few days , I 'm afraid , Francisco . ’ |
| 10 | Nurse Eileen Farragher said : ‘ Physically he 'll be okay to go back to work in a few weeks — but mentally he 's still shocked . ’ |
| 11 | I was afraid to go to bed , or even to sleep for a few moments in my chair . |
| 12 | One has simply to glance at the few fragments of these Galatica ( 745 Jacoby ) — all quoted by Stephanus of Byzantium — to be persuaded that the author of the Galatica is a younger namesake of the great Eratosthenes — perhaps a descendant who noticed the lacunae in the geography of his predecessor . |
| 13 | She used to come down here from London , sometimes just for a meal , sometimes to unwind for a few days , sometimes with some young swain or other , sometimes on her own . |
| 14 | Most large towns in Britain with sizable Asian communities have three or four resident hakims , and an unknown number visit Britain from abroad to practise for a few weeks several times a year . |
| 15 | He would be coming round to collect in a few minutes ' time . |