Example sentences of "he [verb] the [num ord] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says the last few months have been some of the driest since records began . |
| 2 | He played the first few premier league games this season instead of Wallace , and had a few rave reports . |
| 3 | He ripped the last few berries off their bush , swallowed them in one gulp , and surveyed the mess he had made with satisfaction . |
| 4 | He spent the next few minutes wondering how much more of Henri 's ungiven advice he would be following . |
| 5 | He watched the first few matches tee off , then joined the trickle of early spectators following the Red route round the course . |
| 6 | When the studio manager asked him to say something to check the microphone levels , he recited the first few lines of The Wreck of the Deutschland with appropriate gestures . |
| 7 | He scaled the last few stairs in a spastic fashion , but reached the top flight as he heard the voiders ' soles at the bottom . |
| 8 | He looked briefly at his son as he said the last few words , conscious that the boy was watching everything . |