Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] few [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | James , 19 , working in the hall under a community service order , has had a few months ' work for the council since leaving school . |
2 | Aubrey , watching the three excitedly making plans , was sensitive enough not to mention the news he had received a few days ' earlier from his mother — that Madeleine and Dunbar were coming home with the regiment . |
3 | L Detachment was thus judged ready for operations , and to wind down were given a few days ' leave to be spent in Cairo . |
4 | I was only given a few days ' notice . |
5 | There had been a delay in building it , so that I had only managed a few hours ' practice in the streets of Salford . |