Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] she had " in BNC.

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1 In a few moments she had finished it all while Tom All Alone watched her with obvious delight .
2 After a few moments she had relaxed fully , her apprehension shrivelled by the atmosphere of friendliness and laughter .
3 If she was nervous it remained hidden and in a few minutes she had put each of the sisters completely at ease , their shame and apprehension gone .
4 Her earlier fears about what terrors lay in store returned , all the more powerful because for a few minutes she had forgotten them .
5 Within a few days she had resolved to flee the country — her husband would not leave his business — and to join her parents , who had settled in London in 1936 .
6 Within a few days she had recovered enough to play practice chukkas , going straight into fast polo as though she 'd played it all her life .
7 Apart from a few weddings she had n't been inside a church for a long while .
8 Grainne blinked and shook her head , because just for a few seconds she had seen with dreadful clarity the Dark Ireland , the Evil Realm , the world of malevolence and malignancy .
9 It was followed by a silence so fraught with regret on Luce 's part that after a few seconds she had to admit the truth .
10 After a few months she had decided that anything would be better than the ever-changing impersonality of that sort of life .
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