Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [prep] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | She earns between $800 and $1,000 a month , lives in one furnished room , and has just a few possessions of her own . |
| 2 | Okay , so she 's gone down a few orifices in her time , but if anyone calls her a hookworm I 'll burst their intestines . |
| 3 | The Lake District , which she had visited a few times before her marriage and toured with friends , seemed a golden and available corner of gentility . |
| 4 | She could look back on that time with a great deal of fondness ; it had been one of the few times in her life when she had been truly free — there had been no one , neither family , friends nor employer — to make demands on her . |
| 5 | His wife , played by Greta Scacchi , has a few secrets of her own . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's my guess that the reunion really will take place — probably only a few minutes after her arrival . ’ |
| 7 | She seemed calm and peaceful , and a few minutes in her presence soon cheered Mr Wolski up . |
| 8 | She showered and shampooed her short dark hair , combing it into its neat bob , then she made toast and coffee and sat for a few minutes before her kitchen window which enjoyed the same view as her bedroom . |
| 9 | Now safely home , Eva shows few signs of her experience . |
| 10 | They 're now desperatly trying to piece together the last few hours of her life . |
| 11 | From the road we could see them walking , small dark figures in the white desert , the young bride trailing a few paces behind her husband , with the wind beating her dress . |
| 12 | So cold and unfeeling ; Eileen could n't have imagined anyone behaving in her own son 's home as if she were a stranger , making small talk and occasionally bestowing a few words on her daughter-in-law . |
| 13 | After a few words with her husband she shook hands with me , kissed him on both cheeks , and then quickly disappeared down the cellar , leaving the two of us to finish off the champagne and burgundy . |
| 14 | We were particularly pleased that Lady More , our President , who had not been expected to speak , said a few words about her late husband 's interest in railways and congatulating us on our achievement . |
| 15 | Her next door neighbour , a Mrs. Ellen Greaves , gave evidence that she had constantly challenged Esther Dyson in sign language ( which she had learnt through daily contact with the deaf brother and sister ) over the preceding few months about her being in the family way . |
| 16 | If a girl is lucky and her parents are alive , she goes to her mother 's house for the last few months of her pregnancy and about the first three months of the baby 's life . |
| 17 | The last few months of her journal witness a severe crisis in her life when , having produced a scientific paper on lichen ( nowadays considered ahead of its time ) , her researches were dismissed in a high-handed and sexist way by the Director of Kew Gardens to whom she presented her work . |
| 18 | She died in 1850 , having been allowed to leave the convent for the last few months of her life to be nursed by her sisters . |
| 19 | Within a few months of her husband 's tragic death Annette knew she had to do something which would still involve her in politics . |
| 20 | Margaret had had a paid job with the BUF in the last few months of her membership but with Joyce 's departure from the movement she had lost that as well . |
| 21 | The last few months of her life had been horrible . |
| 22 | will be spending the next few months at her home in Italy while she recovers from an attack of shingles . |
| 23 | About fifteen years ago , we had a Nigerian girl living with us for a few months before her marriage , and she was married from our house . |
| 24 | She brought her haul of county match appearances up to 99 , while the number of times she played for her club — she was playing for Ganton up until a few months before her death — must have constituted a record . |
| 25 | The adventurous side of Kylie 's spirit eventually triumphed though and just a few months after her exams another audition was being set up . |
| 26 | A few months after her death , in 1841 , he married Julia Starky , the sister of the Revd Samuel Starky . |
| 27 | She made few demands on her parents but sat quietly , playing with an orange in a plastic mug . |
| 28 | Well so was Agnes — it was probably her local being only a few blocks from her Georgetown address . |
| 29 | Life had been-kind to her and there were few lines on her face , except in the corners of her eyes and around her swanlike neck just beneath the chin . |
| 30 | She turned away to strip the rumpled bed , then straightened the room and packed her few belongings in her bag , feeling more reluctant by the minute to face Penry in the cold light of day . |