Example sentences of "it [adv] [vb past] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Each time a memo was fired off and the problem was solved , but it only lasted a few days and they were using the extinguishers again , ’ he said . |
| 2 | But it was a fun film , it only took a few days work — and I got to meet Mick Jagger ! ’ |
| 3 | Today , with just over a month to go before the general election , it only merited a few lines on the inside pages . |
| 4 | Putting the ‘ corpse ’ down , she gave up and was gazing sadly at the small body when , about two minutes after its ‘ death ’ , it suddenly took a few very deep breaths and started to move about . |
| 5 | She 'd never been the crying sort — but it just took a few well-chosen words from him to reduce her to a jelly . |
| 6 | It also provided a few snippets of absurd press . |
| 7 | It might all be nonsense , she thought , but it certainly tied a few things together . |