Example sentences of "in [det] few [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these few words we may only point to the kaleidoscope of enthusiasm and activity by secondees that has been generated across the country in such a short space of time . |
| 2 | Apollinaire concludes : ‘ I believe that in these few words I have conveyed the true meaning of Cubism : a new and lofty artistic movement , but not a rigid school inhibiting talent . ’ |
| 3 | In these few paragraphs we have not been able to do more than provide a sketchy summary of these rich concepts . |
| 4 | For in those few moments I had seen another world of eternity and the meeting was relegated to the category of the fleeting . |
| 5 | And in those few moments he looked so much like his father , Major John Lewis , the man who had first taken her virginity , and later betrayed her husband . |
| 6 | In those few minutes she 'd simply been reacting to the mood he 'd created so skilfully . |
| 7 | In those few seconds I saw myself returned to Leeds like a misrouted parcel … |
| 8 | I just looked at her very quickly — I was so nervous — and in those few seconds she was gone . |
| 9 | Strange , she had been in Denmark for so short a time yet in those few days she had learned so much , not only about herself but about a country she had never even considered visiting before Suzie 's escapade . |
| 10 | It was just eighty-eight days since he had recaptured his capital of Paris , yet in those few days he had shown the world how an emperor made armies . |