Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [art] [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amid protest marches and demonstrations , over a period of weeks some two dozen lorries carrying live animal imports were held up on French roads and in a few cases the animals were slaughtered or burned alive . |
| 2 | Led by Lt Fusata Iida they flew in at a height of 50ft and within a few minutes the airfield was a smoking mess . |
| 3 | And after just a few minutes the cold was starting to get through . |
| 4 | Within a few minutes the basket was more than half full of food , and Mary was pouring the soup into the thermos . |
| 5 | Within a few minutes the picture was effervescing as part of it had been painted on gesso . |
| 6 | This was the rime when everyone had a siesta and for a few hours the village was virtually dead . |
| 7 | Within a few years the organisation was divided by decision of Annual Conference into seven districts , each covering between two and seven branches and each electing one representative to the Executive , except London , which was given two . |
| 8 | During the next few years the plague was always with us . |
| 9 | Within only a few years the company was exporting its products to central Europe , Russia and the US . |
| 10 | For the first few years the work was concerned with the Old Red Sandstone along the southern margin of the Highlands but soon men were stationed at various points around the Grampians , including the Moray Firth area , and were advancing towards the higher ground . |
| 11 | But within a few years the Americans were using new machines , a fraction of the size , that an unskilled woman could operate for a fraction of the pay , and upon which she could spin as many stockings an hour as the Black Beauty — and without seams . |
| 12 | For the first few years the remands were unopposed , since it would plainly have been inappropriate to proceed against the applicant whilst the Carrian prosecution was still afoot . |
| 13 | Within a few days a unit was formed in Halling under the command of Captain Wanstall . |
| 14 | Over the next few days the press was busy reporting doubts about the political wisdom of abolishing SERPS among ‘ ministers and Conservative MPs ’ while the Opposition tabled a censure motion calling on the Government to withdraw its plans to abolish SERPS and its ‘ callous dismantling of the Welfare State ’ . |
| 15 | In the next few days the Governor was out among the people , and newspaper reports spoke of ‘ the friendliest reception everywhere ’ . |
| 16 | One of the doctors managed to get the laundry going again and in a few days the hospital was evacuated to a small country town . |
| 17 | However some employers must have moved more quickly , since the Scotsman for the same day carried the following report : The masters say they have engaged workmen from England who have proved equal to the occasion , while for the past few weeks an experiment was made with educated females at the case . |
| 18 | After a few weeks the female was observed ‘ glancing ’ off the side of the male and both were developing breeding coloration . |
| 19 | Gerald Sutherland , 41 , said : ‘ For a few seconds the doors were shut and people were really panicking , then they opened and passengers rushed out as quickly as they could . |
| 20 | After a few moments a truce was arranged . |
| 21 | For a few moments the corpse was trapped on a half-sunken log , then an eddy loosed the dead man and carried him westwards . |