Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | He who had been with Christ when the voice came to him saying , ‘ This is my Son , whom I love ’ , denied him three times a few months later . |
2 | I practice a few poses for Marcus . |
3 | ‘ Even know you tried to pay back the last five shillings a few minutes before my father went to the synagogue one Saturday . |
4 | , the PA at the fine art people took me to Perth Theatre one Friday a few weeks ago to see a stupendous , lively , robust performance of ‘ Mary Queen of Scots got her head chopped off ’ I could see it again , it was so good . |
5 | One evening a few days later , Gabriel went to find his mistress . |
6 | One evening a few weeks later , Matilda was having tea with Miss Honey in the kitchen of The Red House after school as they always did , when Matilda said suddenly , ‘ Something strange has happened to me , Miss Honey . ’ |
7 | ‘ One night a few months ago — early spring it was … ’ |
8 | I 'll never forget when he came home one night a few months ago and said he 'd met this old man who could tell fortunes by reading the dregs in the bottom of a beer glass . |
9 | And I came in one day a few days ago an and running around like a bee on heat with erm cries of oh I 've got so much to do and no time left in which to do it and I went ha I said yes , if you got up early , you know ! |
10 | Sufficient of these were at night for there to be , on average , one movement every few minutes . |
11 | ‘ Well , ’ Mrs Peterson said , coming into the kitchen one morning a few days after the monthly nurse had left , ‘ you 'll be pleased to hear that the mistress has found a new servant at last . |
12 | One man a few yards ahead of Dexter turned to a colleague and muttered , ‘ Bonking in the viewing room , eh ? ’ with a smutty chuckle . |
13 | An old woman with a hunched-up back and a walking-stick was beckoning to her with one hand a few yards away . |
14 | It is not a bad idea to change one agency every few years . |
15 | I saw an example of the results of prayerful fasting when I visited Um Hamed one Ramadan a few years later . |
16 | The latter was the simple story of two villages a few kilometres apart , one of which was well-known for its beautiful cabbages while the other was famous for its grapes and wine . |
17 | Harvey lived with his wife and two children a few miles outside town on the road to Laredo and the Mexican border . |
18 | The city centre was cordoned off after fires were discovered in two stores a few hours before the Prime Minister , John Major , was to address a farmers conference 400 yards away . |
19 | ‘ The 5-0 defeat at Liverpool on Saturday could prove to be a watershed , just like our 9-0 defeat a few seasons ago . ’ |
20 | The championships ended with the Liberty Trophy final , when Cumbria added the county title to their fours success a few days earlier . |
21 | In the centre of the island are the fire mountains — dormant volcanoes — where the temperature is 400 degrees a few feet below the surface , and you can find a restaurant that grills your steak on the native rock . |