Example sentences of "[det] in [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You managed to organize all this in the few minutes I was out there ?
2 When I inquired after the baptism he said he had been mistaken , it had been yesterday , but that there would be another in a few days and , anyway , who needed a baptism to enjoy themselves ?
3 Why is it that one person reacts differently to another in the same circumstances ?
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 While she was travelling this long roundabout route Jenny could get across in a straight line by the stepping-stones , all in a few minutes .
6 If you had SUPERFILE you could not only produce MailSorted address labels for all those people , but you could do much subtler selections as well — all in a few minutes and at the press of a few keys .
7 A stunted little boy suddenly starts to shoot up like a weed , a plain adolescent turns into a beauty overnight , and well-preserved middle-aged men who reach sixty still looking forty-five suddenly make up the deficit and more than overtake their age , all in a few months .
8 He said he could do that in a few minutes after getting to his office , and I arranged to ring him later in the morning .
9 We should have that in a few minutes on the , the quotes side , Mark 's gon na bring them in to me .
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