Example sentences of "we [vb past] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let me read you two or three other verses from that same book of Hebrews that we read from a few moments ago . |
| 2 | A few years ago I and my two sons made an amazing discovery — a discovery we shared with a few of our colleagues here . |
| 3 | We stopped for a few hours in Aberdeen , long enough to allow Father to take us to see the house we had lived in until 1939 : Stranathro , at Muchalls , perched high on the cliffs by the road to Stonehaven . |
| 4 | As we turned another corner we came across a few villagers handling copra . |
| 5 | It 's not like the prayers that we heard about a few weeks ago , from Paul 's letters to Timothy and Philemon , where he was addressing an individual . |
| 6 | We heard from the few local women who did attend how they took the law into their own hands and arranged regular supplies of contraceptives from the North . |
| 7 | She laughed , and we talked for a few minutes longer . |
| 8 | We talked for a few minutes and he was in great spirits . |
| 9 | On the telephone , I was greeted with a very friendly and hearty ‘ Well … well … well ! ’ and we chatted for a few minutes as if there had been no break in our contact . |
| 10 | We called out from where we hid in different rooms and listened to our voices echo , we strummed on the few keys left on a rotting piano , and plucked at a broken lute … . |
| 11 | When this came to light we insisted for a few days that employees should seek permission to leave the company premises . |
| 12 | And then we went to a few Western shops to get our costumes for the Urban Cowboy premier . |
| 13 | We went on a few yards , then I held back to let her go ahead of me where the path was narrowest . |
| 14 | Well we said , did you not visit and Morpeth and Annick well we we went round a few castles in that area to keep out the rain . |
| 15 | When we reached the jetty we paused for a few moments to look across at the islet . |
| 16 | We stayed for a few days in Paris on the way home , and Elizabeth wrote to me at our hotel . |
| 17 | We stayed in a few bed and breakfasts when we thought we needed a wash , and a few youth hostels . |
| 18 | Joe made room for me with the same amount of good grace he might have afforded an enemy invading his castle and we sat for a few minutes without speaking , inspecting the view . |