Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Merleau-Ponty , who met Nizan a few weeks later at Laurent Casanova 's villa in Porto , recalls that Nizan seemed resigned to the inevitability of war , but still confident in the belief that a tripartite alliance between France , Great Britain and the USSR was a necessary and inevitable prerequisite to the defeat of fascism .
2 I was very privileged to meet her when I visited Georgia a few years ago : a remarkable and very courageous woman .
3 Naturally such a prolonged absence was a little worrying , especially in view of , well , the circumstances ; and in fact an anxious Ashenden had rung Kidlington a few minutes previously , just in case the police knew anything .
4 A Canadian friend who visited Junieh a few years ago said that it was an excellent and interesting place for a cruising yacht to go : cheap , with pleasant , welcoming people and without danger , provided you stay away from the trouble spots .
5 She turned round as she reached the pavement to discover Urquhart a few steps behind .
6 On the other hand , Linnaeus , who had visited Chelsea a few months earlier , came in for severe criticism : ‘ … he has demolished not only Species but Genus without the least reason for so doing but that of having his method establish 'd and made universal , which I venture to affirm will be of very short duration ’ .
7 My sister-in-law was allowed to visit Palestine a few years ago .
8 and dad 's been away so I 've sold Peter a few cars .
9 Give Whelan a few games and Deane something to think about while he 's on the bench .
10 I took Gillian to see Oliver a few weeks after we met .
11 She followed Edgar a few paces across the room .
12 She married a chap called Parkes a few years back but he went off and left her .
13 Merseyside police have revealed that they probably killed James a few hours after they took him from the Strand shopping centre in Bootle .
14 Some of Eric Le Red 's former managers in France sent Ferguson a few tips , via TODAY , on handling his fickle Frenchman .
15 It took Marie a few seconds to realize who Gary was : nobody , not even the teachers at school , called Gazzer by his real name .
16 We discussed the administration of the hospital , especially the shift times of the nurses , to allow Frank a few minutes alone with Salome .
17 I only saw Stephen a few times before I went back to prison .
18 ‘ You know , do n't you ? ’ sobbed Sarella a few seconds later .
19 Lionel Luyt told me that it was only when he reached Europe a few years later that he realized how far ahead of his South African contemporaries John had been , doing things which he must have invented for himself because he had not had the chance to see them put into practice by others .
20 It took D'Arcy a few seconds to connect the familiar face in the unfamiliar surroundings .
21 More to the point , the affair earned Owen a few days ' breathing space .
22 He was sitting and he said oh I 'll write Iris a few lines .
23 Near panic had set in when Tass news agency quoted a woman who had just arrived in Novgorod , near St Petersburg , as saying that she had fled Kyrgyzstan a few days before the ‘ evictions ’ were to begin .
24 Having left Scratchwood a few moments after the other vehicle , the mustard-coloured van , its roof rack carrying a decorator 's ladder , also turned off at Junction 4 , but then picked up the Uxbridge road before turning south towards Harrow-on-the-Hill and the home of Beth and Ali Christie .
25 He had learned from watching Rupert a few minutes before that the quicker you answered the quicker you were released .
26 He rejoined Schering a few months ago , after a break of more than 29 years .
27 Nahh … what I 'd really like to do is come back as the guy who shot Reagan a few years back , only I would n't miss !
28 The hydrogen fuel leak is similar to one which grounded Columbia a few months ago .
29 ‘ Hawaii ! ’ she announced when she rejoined Florian a few minutes later .
30 ‘ Now , ’ said Picon a few years ago , ‘ when you read an obituary of someone with a Jewish name you know you have lost another member of the audience . ’
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