Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was , that was what the crew were getting four pound a week and course my father that time he done away with a cabin boy so I had to do more or less two jobs , see if I were n't working on deck I 'd go down and clean the cabins and that 's how , that 's how we kept the money going course then after a few years when they got to the finish about nineteen thirty one then the harbourmaster turned round and he ruc reduced our wages five shillings a week , so we were getting three pound fifteen a week . |
| 2 | I should add that there are also a great many flowers that seem to have rather negative meanings , such as the lovely little lawn daisy , which apparently means ‘ delay ’ , or ‘ return after a few days when I may give you an answer ’ — not necessarily the most suitable text to put on a bookmark . |
| 3 | One of two possible methods is to divide off one end of the tank using a clear divider and install the new fish into the smaller section , after a few days when the other occupants of the tank have accepted the newcomer then remove the divider and let all of the fish mix . |
| 4 | The flow of oil was for the most part halted after a few days when US aircraft bombed the pumping manifold stations . |
| 5 | One day Tony gets up to watch and witnesses one of the few times when the sun travels across a blue , cloudless sky . |
| 6 | The political activity around Clause 28 was one of the few occasions when lesbians and gay men have worked together and successfully expressed their anger . |
| 7 | In fact , there 's a simple explanation for the loopily lopsided emphasis , spelled out by the BBC 's Election 92 editor , Peter Horrocks : ‘ Election night is one of the few occasions when BBC and ITV are in direct competition with the same programming . ’ |
| 8 | This was one of the few occasions when Joan was unable to accompany her half-sister . |
| 9 | One of the few occasions when she had been really cross with me had been when I suggested he might have been wiser to make some sort of provision for his wife and son . |
| 10 | While this does not appear to be such an earth shattering decision , it is one of the few occasions when a coroner 's action has been criticised . |
| 11 | It is significant that one of the few occasions when the author of Ancrene Wisse hints at the contemplative experience occurs in his account of the behaviour appropriate at the Mass : ( After the kiss of peace in the Mass , when the priest communicates , forget the world , be completely out of the body , and with burning love embrace your Beloved who has come down from heaven to your heart 's bower , and hold Him fast until He has granted you all that you ask . ) |
| 12 | It was the first time the monarch had ever used a Thames passenger ferry — and one of the few occasions when she had arrived at an official engagement by public transport in the UK . |
| 13 | He had only been back for a few hours when company orders were posted showing that Colonel Hamilton wished to see Lance-Corporal Trumper at eleven hundred hours the following morning . |
| 14 | She was stationed now on the male floor and visited him frequently — sometimes in the line of duty , sometimes for a few minutes when her work was finished , often — as now , when she should have been elsewhere — for an illicit cigarette . |
| 15 | Sarah watched for a few moments when the game began , then went off to look for her Nature treasures . |
| 16 | ‘ Even if he only lived here for a few years when he was small , I wanted him to know something of his roots , to be aware of his background . ’ |
| 17 | I went off to school camp for a few days when I was ten , and Mum suggested I took some sanitary towels with me in case my period started , but I dismissed this as silly and unnecessary . |
| 18 | Durham born Gregory had only been playing the bass guitar for a few weeks when he joined . |
| 19 | ‘ I always pop into the Prince of Wales for a few bevvies when I leave here , so does Fred . |
| 20 | ‘ Hopefully I will be able to continue with a few engagements when I return to Northern Ireland . ’ |
| 21 | Therefore , arbitrage can lead to the sale or purchase of very large blocks of shares , irrespective of the price , in the few minutes when the delivery price is determined . |
| 22 | On several of the meres I fish I can tell to within a few minutes when I will get bites . |
| 23 | Modigliani saw the potential of the boy , who ironically became Beatrice 's lover within a few years when he was 18 and she was over 40 . |
| 24 | He held the same office under Richard III ( apart from a few months when it was held by the duke of Buckingham ) and as the main financial officer in south Wales was largely responsible for funding royal servants such as Tyrell and Richard Newton . |
| 25 | He held the same office under Richard III ( apart from a few months when it was held by the duke of Buckingham ) and as the main financial officer in south Wales was largely responsible for funding royal servants such as Tyrell and Richard Newton . |
| 26 | Todays toil to lower the level of the brook takes a bitmore than one man and his dog , but the necessary speed of the work means thispiece of Georgian architecture will be hidden once more in a few days when the brook 's allowed to flow through here again . |
| 27 | I can just imagine what it 's gon na look like in a few years when it gets |
| 28 | And , in a few weeks when he sees how business is going , he will make the decision as to whether to confirm you in the part or to recast . ’ |
| 29 | ZOOLOGIST Kristy Bird 's love affair with Africa resumes in a few weeks when she embarks on a special project to study the impact of poaching on Kenya 's elephant population . |
| 30 | We shall have Bryan Robson and Lee Sharpe mush fitter in a few weeks when they have had more games . ’ |