Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They insisted that neither loyalists nor republicans would have left 200 lb of explosive within a few feet of men and women working contentedly in the bakery kitchen and suggested that it was more like the work of outside agents , acting under strict and impersonal orders . |
| 2 | In general elections we , we do n't normally know for sure until a few weeks beforehand what the date of the election is going to be . |
| 3 | ‘ We 'll know the number for sure in a few months as we get closer to completion ’ , he says . |
| 4 | Tabitha looked around in vain for a few minutes . |
| 5 | While Cameroun 's economic activity returned to normal within a few months , the experience of the three attempted coups , and particularly of the last , undermined the sense of renewal which Paul Biya 's elevation to the presidency had achieved . |
| 6 | Should the soil be in need of replenishment all the vines are grubbed up and the land left to fallow for a few years before new vinestock are planted and the entire cycle begins again . |