Example sentences of "[conj] [art] few [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 He said that the few holes they had dug and refilled would not affect his crop and , more importantly , they were the best ‘ scarecrows ’ he 'd ever known !
2 I could tell you many tales of great joy and hope , but I could also give you far worse than the few examples I have mentioned here .
3 He was seated at the back of the court , initially angry that someone had screwed up with the tickets , but he quickly realized that every few games he was almost directly behind her .
4 If he disappeared for more than a few hours she became frantic and ran to the Zborowskis ' apartment in the Rue Joseph Bara to ask for news , and almost lived there until he was eventually found .
5 From more than a few feet it was impossible to tell even the sex of the figure .
6 Daddy gone , Sambo gone , Mrs Dibdin gone — and the few relics we had left from the olden days all sold , and the house up for sale … ’
7 We still use the old byre for milking and the few cows I keep do n't call for a new mechanical milker .
8 In which case there would be no capital for him to start up again other than Tommy 's back pay and a few pounds he 'd managed to save himself .
9 No one can deny that thanks to Champollion and a few others we have succeeded in reading Egyptian hieroglyphics and that we know , in most cases , what they mean .
10 He would imagine the dead bodies of some pop stars he had admired , his mother , and a few pets he had owned as a boy .
11 Sam spent the next morning poking his broom everywhere it was wanted and a few places it was n't until he had swept up several titbits of very interesting information .
12 Whereas up until a few months they were thinking of closing the engineering department
13 And every few hours I 'd get more shots .
14 Although he had not recognized her immediately Fleury had noticed Chloe a moment earlier as she came trotting into the clearing ; since he had last set eyes on her Chloe 's golden curls had grown foul and matted and in places mange had already begun to remove them ; a cloud of flies followed her and every few yards she stopped to scratch .
15 And there were other things ; saliva drooled from her lips and every few seconds she gave a retching cough .
16 But the few houses they passed seemed to have their doors locked and bolted and their windows shuttered .
17 I remember once , yeah it was like that , yeah that 's right , not one , but a few times I used to get on the train from Runcorn to Liverpool , I had an address to go to in Liverpool , rough directions how to get there , to pick up a suit or to pick up a fitting , you know you 'd get the , the different
18 He was reading a newspaper , but every few minutes he looked up from it , to talk to me .
19 Once in place there is very little movement and although two lenses are heavier than once , after a few runs you hardly notice the difference .
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