Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I needed to share all your life , not just a few hours in bed every night . ’ |
| 2 | He stated that in New York , regarding practical experience , the only bodies that trainee embalmers could obtain were unclaimed ones which had been refrigerated for months , and not just a few hours old , as is the popular myth in this country . |
| 3 | The range of decorative techniques which have been at some time applied to metalwork is a subject for many books , not just a few pages . |
| 4 | It was obvious that not just a few houses , but whole districts including churches , monasteries , and other monuments to past glories would have to be swept aside to allow for the fill appreciation of the splendour of the glorious new order . |
| 5 | To achieve industrial competitiveness normally requires decades of persistent activity , not just a few years , but it can be thrown away very quickly and very easily . |
| 6 | I could have looked after her and been with her so much longer then , not just a few months , not just at the end ! ’ |
| 7 | She had a thin , satisfied smile on her face , which not even a few smirks and elbow nudgings among those ladies who had been at the tea could banish . |
| 8 | He 's lucky he was n't here a few years ago , when we really hated the Japanese . |