Example sentences of "[prep] [det] few [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doggedly she kept her head down over the jewel-coloured designs , trying to concentrate , but after another few seconds she gave up and laid down her pen with elaborate resignation . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't care about the baby , ’ Philip said , and with those few words he doomed his unborn son . |
| 3 | But at least for those few moments he had shown as human , like other men . |
| 4 | The men march with their warders and when they are clear of the confines of the fences for those few steps they are hemmed in by the soldiers and the dogs . |
| 5 | In these few words we may only point to the kaleidoscope of enthusiasm and activity by secondees that has been generated across the country in such a short space of time . |
| 6 | Apollinaire concludes : ‘ I believe that in these few words I have conveyed the true meaning of Cubism : a new and lofty artistic movement , but not a rigid school inhibiting talent . ’ |
| 7 | In these few paragraphs we have not been able to do more than provide a sketchy summary of these rich concepts . |
| 8 | From those few chances he has , like Payne , earned enough prize money — around £40,000 — to retain his Card for next year . |
| 9 | For in those few moments I had seen another world of eternity and the meeting was relegated to the category of the fleeting . |
| 10 | And in those few moments he looked so much like his father , Major John Lewis , the man who had first taken her virginity , and later betrayed her husband . |
| 11 | In those few minutes she 'd simply been reacting to the mood he 'd created so skilfully . |
| 12 | In those few seconds I saw myself returned to Leeds like a misrouted parcel … |
| 13 | I just looked at her very quickly — I was so nervous — and in those few seconds she was gone . |
| 14 | Strange , she had been in Denmark for so short a time yet in those few days she had learned so much , not only about herself but about a country she had never even considered visiting before Suzie 's escapade . |
| 15 | It was just eighty-eight days since he had recaptured his capital of Paris , yet in those few days he had shown the world how an emperor made armies . |