Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Transverse effects have been examined in a few instances . |
| 2 | If the district registry had appreciated the urgency and the short period of the order without doubt they would have sought directions and the result would certainly have been that the appeal would have been set down at some other convenient centre or , as happened , in London at or before the beginning of this term and would have been heard within a few days , that is , the appeal would have been heard approximately a month ago . |
| 3 | Sarah told her that John had secured a job in an hotel but had been sacked after a few days . |
| 4 | The sightseers on the banks of the river , who , sensing something afoot , had been gathering for a few hours , dodged about , seeking a view between bushes . |
| 5 | To protect the spirit of demilitarisation , a convention has been followed that defence spending will not exceed 1 per cent of GNP , and although this ceiling has been broken on a few occasions , the 1 per cent target has a symbolic significance . |
| 6 | Wait until your baby has been walking for a few weeks before taking her for the first shoe fitting , as toes are crucial in gripping the floor while learning to toddle . |
| 7 | All of their problems could have been solved with a few simple decisions but they seemed to have been robbed of their ability to think straight . ’ |
| 8 | Without them the useful life of streptomycin might have been confined to a few years . |
| 9 | WACC has acquired a certain expertise in this field , but its activities so far have been confined to a few countries or sub-regions . |
| 10 | Criticism of the war seems to have been confined to a few individuals . |
| 11 | Her smoking experiences , hitherto , had been confined to a few borrowed puffs from Walter Ash 's cigarettes , and some experimental moments , at the age of twelve , in the school bicycle shed . |
| 12 | Vibrational excitation has only been reported for a few simple molecules in the gas phase , as shown in Fig. 5.8 , and vibrational structure may also be seen on some bands arising from electronic transitions . |
| 13 | However , abnormal neurological signs ( notably unusually brisk tendon reflexes and tremor ) are common in older subjects , and overt neurological deterioration has been reported in a few early treated young adults . |
| 14 | It was unlikely that murder had been committed for a few pounds , but one could never be sure . |
| 15 | It 's been happening for a few days , but I 've only just realised what it is … |
| 16 | Now and again , of course , you have to deal with the awkward moments , like someone reading aloud from a Sunday paper the ‘ sordid story of perverted vice ’ which has obviously been concocted over a few jars by a hack hounded by deadline . |
| 17 | Oh I du n no , I 've been looking at a few , not that probably , not in the top ten |
| 18 | And he would ask a few questions , say he 'd been looking for a few hours . |
| 19 | Career family home — all had been ruined in a few seconds . |
| 20 | Jake fingered the paperweight idly as he continued , ‘ It had probably been developing for a few days . |
| 21 | Token bets had been made by a few on the opposing Southern team , so Rex was able to ‘ collect ’ from long time colleagues as well as being presented with a cheque b Mr Ellis . |
| 22 | With apologies to Winston Churchill I venture to mis-quote : ‘ Never has so much rubbish been written by a few , against so many . ’ |
| 23 | I think it genuinely irresponsible that someone with my theatrical track-record has written a play about this internationally known theatrical figure yet it has only been seen by a few people . ’ |
| 24 | Murtach had learned of a great wolf pack that seemed to roam west of the Skriaig and had been seen by a few desperate hunters seeking deer beyond Ralarth 's borders . |
| 25 | Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work . |
| 26 | Choose an open , sunny site where brassicas have n't been grown for a few years . |
| 27 | The winds at lower altitudes have been measured at a few locations by landers as they descended through the atmosphere . |
| 28 | It 's been going on a few days this game . |
| 29 | The new ruling , which Advanced Micro plans to appeal , means that it will have to write new microcode for the Am486 chip that it has been sampling to a few potential customers and had hoped to ship by the end of the year . |
| 30 | This is a very laborious and exacting technique and , to date , it has only been used with a few plants . |