Example sentences of "[indef pn] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then nothing for a few moments , until his voice came again and he lifted himself from her . |
| 2 | Mike said nothing for a few minutes . |
| 3 | He said nothing for a few seconds , and I sensed that I might have unsettled this policeman . |
| 4 | I said nothing for a few seconds . |
| 5 | Mr Brownlow said nothing for a few seconds , but simply stared at Rose . |
| 6 | If I could just talk to someone for a few minutes . |
| 7 | ‘ Did you know you can garrotte someone in a few seconds ? ’ |
| 8 | Azmaveth considered something for a few moments and then nodded to herself , as if she 'd made a decision . |
| 9 | She sent him theatre tickets for two anonymously and bought herself one for a few seats further back . |
| 10 | If your goal is a college scholarship , the odds are very high that attending one for a few years will lead to a number of scholarship offers from top-notch college tennis programmes in the United States . |
| 11 | Parliament had some regard for the rights of property ; the old Company was allowed to run in competition with the new one for a few years , and of course in India the old Company had advantages in organization , in diplomatic connections , and in possessing established forts and factories . |
| 12 | I do nt think they ve had one for a few years . |
| 13 | And your cousin was one of the first one of the few women I ever knew , who could take shorthand in Welsh . |
| 14 | They assumed that , after a career as a player that was a rewarding one despite a few hiccups , I would n't have the stomach to come back in . ’ |
| 15 | It 's as hard to do justice to the beauty of the Eternal City in a few words as it is to see everything in a few days . |
| 16 | This was an older narrow definition , in fact the only one until a few years ago . |
| 17 | from my vantage point I saw nothing in the few seconds between the County Inspector 's announcement to have incited what appeared to be a concerted start by the police . |
| 18 | There was a multitude of small tracks that began promisingly and died to nothing within a few yards , tracks that might be the paths of men or of deer , or wolves , or wild boar . |
| 19 | Ranulf came up and expertly went through their wallets and pockets but there was nothing except a few coins . |
| 20 | Anyone with a few coins in their purse , or gold pieces , was well advised to take a ‘ chair ’ or a ‘ cab ’ home after dark . |
| 21 | I try to explain that Rainbow Rosenbloom has almost nothing but a few genes in common with Anya 's faithless Gittel . |
| 22 | We asked for nothing but a few gestures — |
| 23 | It would explain how Greg manages to be in one piece while the Lorelei is nothing but a few planks of driftwood . |
| 24 | My God , for 15 years I 'd written nothing but a few songs . ’ |
| 25 | Please let solicitors deal with everything , and also , please believe me when I say that I want nothing but a few mementos of my father . |
| 26 | I walked as in a nightmare , aware of nothing but the few yards of tarmac ahead and stopping every few yards . |
| 27 | If , however , it 's absorbed by osmosis through the skin , it simply paralyses in a death-like state for anything between a few hours and a few days , depending on the dosage . |
| 28 | Not that I think he 'll feel like doing much of anything for a few hours , anyway . ’ |
| 29 | He did not say anything for a few moments and then he shrugged and gave a sharp laugh . |
| 30 | In the West Riding there was " hardly anything above a few years old , but its hands are sufficient to itself " . |