Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] [prep] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those statistics , more than the shuffling , lethargic charade of sparring he 's staged under canvas as well as on canvas these past few days , have made Holyfield-Bowe the first heavyweight title fight to open at evens with bookies since Liston-Patterson in 1962 . |
| 2 | What Alianor had failed to realize was that , under the sombre cloak , she was wearing a new and quite beautiful pale-pink gown trimmed with dark fur — a gown such as few maidservants would set eyes on in a lifetime , much less wear . |
| 3 | SUMMERCHILD : Well , I 've noticed it quite a lot these past few months . |
| 4 | Lou Macari 's been called … his football life … has been on a roller coaster these past few seasons … hitting the heights at Swindon … crashing into the law courts … running around Wembley with the cup … |
| 5 | I have spent a deal of time these past few years on cultivating you , submitting you to a species of metaphysical topiary , clipping , pruning , stunting . |