Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] the few [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Scholz was wearing that wise , reflective look that pipe-smokers get or act on the few occasions their pipes are working well .
2 A wind was gathering at the coast , preparing to sweep across the fields , lean against the few trees and race on over the road , across to the far side of the island .
3 Of course , no day is typical and there are particular tensions which emerge in the few weeks before the Christmas break .
4 But I think in the few months that this administration has er , has been in office , it is encouraging to see that the county council is operating inside the budget , er , which I believe was actually set by the previous administration , erm , er over which we had no influence whatsoever .
5 The statements with which respondents were invited to entirely agree , agree with qualification , or disagree , were : ( 12 ) Dreams only occur in the few moments before you wake up .
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