Example sentences of "taken only [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Susceptibility to the toxic effects of paracetamol taken in overdose differs between people , which may explain why some patients survive having taken large amounts of paracetamol while others die having taken only a few tablets more than the eight tablets ( 4 g ) a day recommended by the manufacturers . |
| 2 | Moeri 's original procedure , of adding the chemicals to the second vat , would however have taken only a few minutes and would have left the reaction in no condition to explode . |
| 3 | There had been no problem in finding a matching replacement for the cut piece ; a hardware shop in Inverness had supplied it , and it had taken only a few minutes to fit . |
| 4 | This has given them a movie picture of the structural changes , built up from snapshots taken only a few seconds apart . |
| 5 | He had taken only a few steps across the playground when he was stopped by a rough command . |