Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already he was worried about their stores lasting until the Saturday when he might reasonably claim a few shillings to tide him over ; Emily 's mother had given them a box of stuff , sausages , bread , some tea , butter , bacon — but it would have to be spun out . |
| 2 | In an official statement , the BRE said that the few cases of rot it knew about were in every case directly attributable to rising damp or to rain penetration : |
| 3 | In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat ! |
| 4 | However , even when the dinner was over , their ‘ guests ’ showed no sign of leaving , at which point the Emperor began to pull on the ends of his moustache — one of the few signs of irritation he ever allowed himself . |
| 5 | After a few hours of embroidery I was free ; free to cycle wherever I liked with my friends . |
| 6 | In our first few hours of membership we are highly attuned to some of the assumptions . |
| 7 | ‘ There are very few aspects of Englishness I actually hate . |
| 8 | Sir Thomas , however , or rather his stomach , clearly did not agree , for halfway through the entremets , with a few words of apology he absented himself from-the table . |
| 9 | After a few months of therapy it is usual for even the most intense form of cat phobia to disappear . |
| 10 | It makes it easier for it to fall out , when a woman is pregnant , in the last few months of pregnancy she produces lots of hormones which relax the muscles in her body do n't they ? |
| 11 | This means that for a few months in summer it is usually possible to sail right round West Spitsbergen ; if the ship is not too large and is able to land passengers from suitable landing craft , this is the best possible way to explore Spitsbergen . |
| 12 | When they entered the jungle again , the Moi several times spotted banteng , but what few traces of seladang they found proved to be cold trails . |
| 13 | The first few years at school I learnt nothing — |
| 14 | A few years after publication I was introduced to a well known photographer at a party . |
| 15 | ‘ After a few days of production I had the opportunity to approach Dustin , ’ Silvis remembered . |
| 16 | In a month 's time we 'll have a quiet wedding in the local church , and after a few days in London we 'll travel through all the countries of Europe . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ After literally a few weeks in Bosnia you became used to death . |
| 18 | Athelstan promptly refused , for the few mouthfuls of ale he had already drunk bit at his stomach . |
| 19 | So I 'd like to ask you er , I 'll move on and ask you a few questions about places you 've lived in the past . |
| 20 | We swapped a few anecdotes about buffoons we had encountered and then went our separate ways , hands thrust deep into our respective double-thickness , Gortex , all-weather , storm-force shell outers . |
| 21 | Here are a few myths about exercise you might have believed in : |
| 22 | ‘ It was one of the few bits of information we did manage to pick up on the grapevine . |
| 23 | The trip was a total success , and despite a few hiccups in transit we were able to transport some 5O , OOO items to the main hospital in addition to taking supplies to the towns at Clut-Napoca and Milas . |
| 24 | Given the few moments of contemplation she 'd wanted , it would probably have been her own choice for the evening . |
| 25 | After a few moments of silence he pressed the button of an integral cassette-player beneath the dashboard and she was delighted to hear the opening bars of Mendelssohn 's Third Symphony . |
| 26 | A few moments before sundown I extricated Wavebreaker 's folding bicycle from the big locker on the boat 's after swim-platform , forced the rusting hinges open , then pedalled along Midshipman Road to the glittering block of apartments where our esteemed boss lived . |
| 27 | ‘ The country is at the moment run by the Conservatives and they have so few votes in Scotland it should bring to their attention that there 's something not quite right in this situation . |
| 28 | The treating , perhaps fortunately , cut his visit short for after a few nights of festivities he was stony broke . |