Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helen still looked doubtful , then she said tactfully , ‘ Sophie , I think we should leave Ian and Joanna alone for the few minutes that remain , do n't you ? ’ |
| 2 | Well , keep awake for the few minutes and you might derive a little comfort from knowing what scientists can and ( more important ) can not do . |
| 3 | I ca n't remember now whether in fact we were allowed any at all while we were in the Waaf , but I know that for the few years after I became a civilian again and clothes rationing still went on , the ration allocation was so small that the prospect of buying , for instance , a new winter coat was exceedingly small for most women , especially those with children , whose needs had to come first . |
| 4 | I shall not , however , let my hon. Friend hold me back during the few minutes that I shall use to unbridle myself . |
| 5 | During the few days before Blundy came across to Belfast , Paisley contacted a legal friend who in turn suggested to Vincent Browne of the Sunday Independent , a Dublin newspaper , that he examine the Black case . |
| 6 | Researchers working with this substance set about trying to remove a fertilized ovum from a woman during the few days that elapse between actual conception and the implantation of the cell into the uterus — where it must be to develop into an infant — and then replacing it . |
| 7 | If Eliot largely renounced his interest in childhood and in anthropology during the few years that followed , he gave up neither entirely . |
| 8 | Instead he pushed his way into the small lounge and rapidly began sorting through the few books and papers she had left lying on the table . |
| 9 | Some stopped dividing after a few hours and remained generalised in form and in dense clusters . |
| 10 | He came into the kitchen after a few moments and she turned away , wandering to the far side to get away from him , battling with the sudden incredible desire to break down and sob like a little girl who had done the wrong thing yet again . |
| 11 | He returned after a few minutes and put the tray on a low table by his chair . |
| 12 | He gave up farming and opened a restaurant in Glasgow but his new businesses failed after a few years and he left Scotland to live in Rugby until his death in 1937 . |
| 13 | He left after a few days as I said . |
| 14 | If there is no luck after a few days or the child is showing antagonism to the potty then the parent should leave the training for a few more weeks . |
| 15 | After a few days or weeks , the sulphur particles are precipitated as rain or snow . |
| 16 | Water again after a few days and start feeding in June . |
| 17 | Urquhart slowed after a few steps and then stopped . |
| 18 | Anyway , the fact is that if it had n't rained in Japan , if he had n't withdrawn from the race after a few laps and waited until the weather improved , he , not James Hunt , would have been champion . |
| 19 | After a few gigs and demos in the late '80s , they eventually — with the help of local soulmates American Music Club — came to the attention of 4AD 's Ivo Watts-Russell , who , enraptured , put out six of these demos from 1989 –'90; as the ‘ Down Colorful Hill ’ album last September . |
| 20 | The ball is kicked or thrown to the highlighted player either after a few seconds or when the fire button is pressed with the joystick i neutral . |
| 21 | But we want to review it after a few months because as I say , once she 's got herself organized , it might be alright . |
| 22 | After a few months though he seemed to accept the situation . |
| 23 | She left after a few months and had a home tutor . |
| 24 | Although change in weight is very noticeable after a few months or a year , it simply is not detectable by just looking at physical shape on a daily basis . |
| 25 | We also stopped after a few paces and turned to look back at her . |
| 26 | And I learned after a few weeks that how he got this was There was no weather forecast as we know them now you know on the television . |
| 27 | They took the net down after a few weeks but kept it handy , you know . |
| 28 | She lost her job after a few weeks and what little money my Dad had left quickly went on drugs and booze . |
| 29 | ‘ After a few weeks though they went back to school and I started my course again . |
| 30 | After a few pleasantries and the shaking of many hands , I accompanied the column for a short distance along the road . |