Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | After thinking about this for a few minutes , he said , ‘ No ; it must be imagination . ’ |
| 2 | Moisten each trout with 1 tsp oil , then stuff the inside of each with a few tarragon sprigs . |
| 3 | He pondered the implications of this for a few days , uncertain whether to welcome it or feel alarmed . |
| 4 | Medical diagnoses covered a range of conditions , including dehydration ( 11 patients ) , sepsis ( 13 ) , intrinsic renal disease ( seven ) , and haematological disease ( eight ) , or a combination of these in a few cases . |
| 5 | He remained like that for a few seconds longer , while they tied his wrists to a pair of iron rings bolted into the wall , and then they let him go and left him dangling there — half in , half out of the river . |
| 6 | They stayed like that for a few seconds , both breathing hard , their mouths almost touching . |
| 7 | Then , after going on like that for a few minutes he took my hand and said , ‘ Faith you were absolutely rubbish ! ’ with that famous dead-pan expression . |
| 8 | So training is very easy to implement like that with a few memory cells and a binary decoder . |
| 9 | No one wants to shoot birds , but we must balance the survival of an entire species against that of a few individuals |
| 10 | They had been fucking like this for a few months , slyly , without letting on to the outside world . |
| 11 | He held her like this for a few seconds and then , suddenly , the oddly predatory look left his face and his hands dropped to his sides . |
| 12 | He sometimes wondered if it was not Blanche 's ability to daydream like this for a few seconds a day , the power to see beauty in apparent ugliness , that was the key to her resilience . |
| 13 | Jacques was also fortunate in that within a few months of taking up his appointment , the government 's public expenditure restrictions imposed in the economic crisis of 1931 were relaxed in 1935- 36 with the restoration of progressive grants and the encouragement of new provision in adult education , outlined in the Board of Education 's Circular 1444 . |
| 14 | Fixed enemy guns fired a shell every two or three minutes on each of the few well-known routes with the accuracy of long practice . |
| 15 | ‘ Nevertheless , the atmosphere today compared to that of a few weeks ago is more conducive to a satisfactory settlement , ’ concluded Donald . |
| 16 | Its policy on Europe could best be described as jerking from one extreme to another within a few years , at one moment leaving the European Community altogether and in the next being willing to sign up to anything for which the EC asks ; at one moment supporting the closed shop and in the next denigrating it . |
| 17 | Aunt Emily has no objection at all to a few hens ! |
| 18 | As he left the house Huy glanced around the square , and along the streets that led from it ; but there was no movement at any of the few windows which looked on to the street , and the handful of people about were all familiar to him . |
| 19 | The scene of one of Drachenfels ' most infamous atrocities , this chamber has been shunned by most of the few who have penetrated the Castle . |