Example sentences of "only [verb] [pers pn] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Picasso had abandoned the use of a consistent light source a year earlier only to reinstate it a few months later in the paintings done in Paris during the winter . |
| 2 | Clear skies allowed us to witness , once again , sensational scenery ; the worst storm of the summer only caught us a few hours away from Sasoma . |
| 3 | Most young people who try sniffing ( and remember , those who try sniffing are only a small minority ) will only do it a few times and stop without any help from adults . |
| 4 | She 'd only met him a few times , but it had been easy for Julie to see that Ross Wyndham was even more Leo-like than his wife . |
| 5 | Would Sue ( she hardly knew her , after all , had only met her a few minutes ago ) really let her share the little bubble of love that sealed her and Pete up together and away from the rest of the world ? |
| 6 | Now this P H test I 've only had it a few seconds and already look what it 's done to the paper . |
| 7 | I 've only known him a few weeks , after all . ’ |
| 8 | She 'd only known him a few hours yet every cell of her body seemed sensitised to his presence . |
| 9 | You 're just from the YTS. — You 've only known her a few weeks . |
| 10 | I 've only known you a few days , Luke , and I do n't go in for casual sex . ’ |
| 11 | It only took us a few seconds to realize the mistake but by then twenty-eight kids and three of the missionaries were either dead or dying . |
| 12 | O' course , I only knew him a few years after he got married . |
| 13 | I only saw him a few times and he seemed to wander around in no-man 's land half the time doing bugger all . |
| 14 | He had only kissed her a few times before , yet his taste was as familiar as the beat of his heart beneath her hand as she clutched his shirt . |
| 15 | ‘ You only have them a few years , after all , ’ his mother cried . |