Example sentences of "come [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carwyn desperately wanted to come through a few heats of the Pipeline Masters . |
| 2 | The son of Caerleon is a progressive type , apparently certain to come of a few pounds for that introduction , and should be good enough to take the Queen 's Own Yorkshire Dragoons Stakes . |
| 3 | Last autumn he came within a few minutes of death when he slashed his wrists with a razor blade . |
| 4 | In any case , how could she look into his eyes and convince him she would n't touch him with a ten-foot pole when every time he came within a few feet of her she quivered inside , remembering the fierce and all too brief pressure of his mouth on hers ? |
| 5 | As she came within a few yards of it , however , a shudder passed down its spine , and it rolled over , showing its face to the sleet . |
| 6 | The bad news came within a few days ; there was no place available to him at Oxford this year in the Martinmas term . |
| 7 | Everyone of the gang was known to the police and the first arrests came within a few days : |
| 8 | The reply came in a few minutes ago listing ten different countries with which he does business . ’ |
| 9 | Jock Lewes came in a few days later with a different tale to tell . |
| 10 | A new chairman came in a few months ago . |
| 11 | Jonquil came in every few days . |
| 12 | There was a happy burble of voices which came from a few children discussing some design they were doing . |
| 13 | As we turned another corner we came across a few villagers handling copra . |
| 14 | Bearing in mind that if we do have the whole house then people are only coming for a few days or or even one night could no they had somewhere to stay . |
| 15 | and if you 're coming for a few days you 've , you 've bag carrying and all this in the business |
| 16 | Could you come for a few hours each day , do you think ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Maybe he just sent the telegram and a letter will come after a few days , ’ Maggie tried to soothe . |
| 18 | His complete acceptance of the ‘ protest ’ in ‘ Protestant ’ did not come till a few years later when some leading members of his Mount Merrion , Belfast , congregation insisted that he object to the Church 's ‘ street corner boy ’ activities of picketing the Irish Presbyterian Church General Assembly . |
| 19 | Here she continues : ‘ A Mr. Lewis , an historic painter from London , come for a few weeks on a jaunt of pleasure , played on the piano for us . |