Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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1 | Lepine was not cremated for a few days yet , until after the despatch of a couple of his victims also being tended to at the Côte-Des-Neiges cemetery , opposite the mountain , alongside the University of Montreal , where Marc Lepine joined his victims in the silence at the centre . |
2 | Rules ensuring media ownership is not concentrated in a few hands , with restrictions on cross media holdings . |
3 | Both the ITC and the Radio Authority are to enforce rules ensuring media ownership is not concentrated in a few hands . |
4 | ‘ I had not worked for a few months so I was ready to do something , ’ is how he explains his reasons for doing it . |
5 | The accident occurred late on Tuesday or early on Wednesday but was not discovered until a few survivors emerged and bodies began floating ashore . |
6 | Gas gangrene , for which an effective cure was not discovered till a few weeks before the Armistice , claimed an ever-increasing toll ; during the April fighting on the Right Bank , one French regiment had thirty-two officers wounded of whom no fewer than nineteen died subsequently , mostly from gas gangrene . |
7 | I have n't toured for a few years now , apart from the World Cup and I made that an exception because I felt we could go all the way and win it . ’ |
8 | Normally , each hair follicle goes through a resting phase ( telogen ) every few years : hair stops growing , falls out and is n't replaced for a few months . |
9 | There are about 3,000 bears there and they could be a hazard if they come out of the dens and have n't eaten for a few months . ’ |
10 | He had n't shaved for a few days and a sickly smell clung to his clothes and hair . |