Example sentences of "[art] few [noun pl] she [was/were] " in BNC.
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1 | Still , it was true in the main , so for the few weeks she was to be in Venice she would take the greatest care to have as little to do with him as possible . |
2 | After a few moments she was saying very natural and quite irritable ‘ ouches ’ when Phoebe prodded too hard . |
3 | For a few moments she was laughing so much she could n't speak . |
4 | Within a few hours she was transferred to the neurosurgical unit at Addenbrookes hospital , Cambridge . |
5 | In a few minutes she was calmer . |
6 | A few times she was aware that he was watching her , but managed every time to resist the temptation to look up , unsure of just what she might see in his eyes . |
7 | I had to wait until the female was bulging-ripe , so within a few days she was brooding . |
8 | Then for a few days she was quiet . |
9 | At first , her face burned and she was often defeated in her purpose but within a few weeks she was indistinguishable from the seasoned bargainers . |
10 | For a few seconds she was transfixed by the speed of his action and the total unexpectedness of his assault plus a shocked awareness that she was more mentally revolted by his action than she was physically . |