Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the colonial period they made little use of the judicial system set up by the British and made few requests of their administrators . |
| 2 | 1980 ) were involved in very few interactions with their teachers . |
| 3 | Anyone with a few coins in their purse , or gold pieces , was well advised to take a ‘ chair ’ or a ‘ cab ’ home after dark . |
| 4 | Working people and shoppers here have as much right to sit in the sunshine at lunchtime for a few minutes as their counterparts elsewhere in the country . |
| 5 | In the first few minutes of their greetings , the real purpose of Nora 's trip was forgotten by them both . |
| 6 | Have n't these candidates got the guts to face up to the voters who elect them to Parliament and spare us a few minutes of their time . |
| 7 | But the last few minutes before their arrival fled by . |
| 8 | Molly spoke with quiet confidence as though she had become in the few hours since their arrival the owner of ‘ La Felicità ’ and the organizer of life in the house . |
| 9 | Volunteers need only provide a few hours of their time a week to be trained as a tutor . |
| 10 | I am doing my best , but I wish a few more would give a few hours of their time . , . |
| 11 | In a similar line of argument , Reynolds 's Newspaper ( 14 August 1898 ) viewed the Hooligan panic as an indictment of the hypocrisy of a civilisation that took ‘ so painful an interest about moral handkerchiefs and hymn books for the barbarians of the wild Soudan ’ while turning a blind eye towards ‘ the far wilder barbarians they may find within a few paces from their own street-doors ’ . |
| 12 | In the earlier part of his career Beecham was a strong supporter of contemporary British composers , but he left few recordings of their music , except in the case of Delius , of course . |
| 13 | Perhaps somebody in the EMI top management will rattle a few cages in their American office and get them to take note of Mr Lewis 's efforts for the British market . |
| 14 | A mixture of something old and something new , everybody here at Club has his or her own favourite , and we 've also asked a few personalities to say a few words about their number 1 trip . |
| 15 | Sergei and Anton , from Chernobyl , too shy perhaps to speak even a few words in their own language . |
| 16 | You were set up for life with them , ’ Olive Fitzgerald of the Samaritans , bracing for a flood of calls over the next few months on their telephone helpline , told Reuters ' man . |
| 17 | He had quite enjoyed that kind of jealousy for the first few months of their marriage . |
| 18 | He 'd have quite liked to have spent the night on the couch in Polly 's living room , as he had for the last few months of their marriage , but it had not been offered as an option and he supposed it was just as well . |
| 19 | Indeed , after our second stop in Bombay a few passengers gratefully chose the option of being one-armed , one-legged , one-eyed , two-headed beggars rather than having to return to their seatettes and fly somewhere for a few months with their hands on their heads . |
| 20 | A few months after their wedding , they were seen as a married couple again — this time , in the film Henry V. |
| 21 | The result was an emphatic seven-try victory over a courageous side who , over the past few months in their own colours and in their other incarnation as the Canadian national team , have overwhelmed Japan and the United States and been pipped by Wales and Ireland ( minus their Lions ) after surrendering leads late on . |
| 22 | If Snakes of the World can cure even a few readers of their phobia , replacing terror with admiration , it will have achieved its purpose . |
| 23 | There were another three Jet Skis buzzing around on that part of the river and a few water-skiers with their big-engined speedboats , all creating a fair old racket , but we could still hear William laughing ; the guy thought buying a frighteningly expensive piece of machinery and spending most of your time falling off it into the water was just the most enormous wheeze . |
| 24 | They maybe had a a few huts for their bosses or huts round it . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , the Japanese , with relatively few elements of their three-million strong army , achieved more rapid success than they had expected : by 11 January 1942 they had occupied the Celebes ; on 4 February the Allies on Amboina surrendered ; on 15 February Singapore fell , and on 19–20 February Timor was invaded , the main force of its defenders surrendering a few days later . |
| 26 | As they drew closer , they could see that the sides of the surrounding containers were covered with a gleaming wetness , spattered to a height a few feet above their heads . |
| 27 | As he sipped his cider , Yanto 's attention was drawn to a group standing a few feet from their table . |
| 28 | There were few stations without their coal sidings or their milk churns . |
| 29 | Worried that too many bands are getting signed ‘ took quick , before they can develop ’ , Tim is relieved that The Charlatans had a good few years under their belts . |
| 30 | Worried that too many bands are getting signed ‘ took quick , before they can develop ’ , Tim is relieved that The Charlatans had a good few years under their belts . |