Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [adj] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Listening this last few weeks has , for once , been purely for my own pleasure and has embraced numerous ‘ bits and pieces ’ recordings both old ( in origin ) and brand new . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've nursed some players through training these last few days , but he 's not one of them . ’ |
| 3 | It does n't sound much , but if we ignored those extra few hours , after four years our calendar year would be a whole day ahead of the solar year . |
| 4 | Remember , a flexible joint has a margin of safety which can be useful when you are straining to reach those last few millimetres . |
| 5 | But if , in spite of your precautions , a fire breaks out , a smoke alarm can give those precious few minutes of warning which increase the chances of you and your family getting out safely . |
| 6 | And it 's been a jolly good roof I will say , it 's not let there 's never been no problems with it in even in this bad weather we 've had these last few years . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ I admit I 've hardly slept these last few days . |
| 8 | ‘ Have n't we talked these last few days ? ’ |
| 9 | But she and Matthew had had so many cold steely little tussles these last few weeks over so many small things — like the panelling in the hall and cutting some trees down at the side of the house which she said darkened the drawing-room and which he had gone berserk about — that Sara did not feel she could be obstructive again . |
| 10 | I spent those final few hours extravagantly , staying the night at the Strand Palace Hotel for ten shillings for bed , bathroom and a cooked breakfast thrown in , with sixpence extra for a haircut at the hotel barber shop — three times as much as the Underground fare of twopence from Paddington to Trafalgar Square , where a Nippy served me at Lyons ' Corner House with a sirloin steak for a shilling . |
| 11 | ‘ This is where he spent those last few days ? ’ she said . |
| 12 | ‘ I think I may safely say that you are in a deal sounder trim these last few weeks . ’ |
| 13 | It was like watching someone else have that dream we all have : where we 're already late and we 've got to clear these last few things , but every time we try , something else gets in the way . |
| 14 | ‘ You know I have n't walked so much during my entire lifetime as I 've walked these last few days , ’ he said with an effort to divert her from her dark thoughts . |
| 15 | Look , Bina , what have you been doing these last few days ? |
| 16 | It is very hard to fight like I have been doing these last few months . |
| 17 | I do hope it works out for him and am sure he has not found these last few months at all easy as he starts his working life . |
| 18 | After all , we have spent these last few days in a very secluded country house . |
| 19 | Here she was , possessed of more than she had ever dreamed of , this house , its comforts and warmth , those servants whose lives were spent in caring for hers , friends such as the Chamberlins who had taken her to their hearts , this first , unforgettable Christmas with all its bounty and then — Michael Swinton , in that bleak and dreary place , with only drunken old Meg and silent Punch , his loneliness accentuated by the life he had known these last few months in London and in the great houses he had stayed in . |
| 20 | But he added : ‘ That said , I must say I am extremely pessimistic about the future of the plant , given all that I have been hearing these last few days . ’ |
| 21 | We stared in stunned shock , realising that the pilot must have made one last superhuman effort not to come down right on our heads , but then just could n't manage those last few yards which would have brought them safely onto the runway . |
| 22 | That 's why he could end those last few minutes or hours of his life , in pain , but in peace , because he had the word , the assurance , the promise from Christ . |
| 23 | It actually gives you a framework on which to base any any few words or any talk that you you have to give . |
| 24 | He has known little but fighting these last few years , but I think , with the right woman , he could be as gentle and tender a knight as any girl could wish for . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Try to remember everything you have learned these last few days . |
| 26 | What I have n't done and I ought to because of the erm the way that this discussion has to unfold , I ought to say that pure few sentences about why should there be a strategic sites policy at all and erm I ought to put that on the record although it 's pretty well trailed in all the paper work . |
| 27 | The word underlying these last few pages is ‘ thrift ’ . |
| 28 | Since we 've been thinking these past few weeks about what Christians believe , the first text would be in the er skeleton outline that we 've been taking in the Apostles ' creed , which says I believe in the Holy Ghost . |
| 29 | Suddenly she realized she had loved these last few months . |
| 30 | He did n't have to say those last few words . |