Example sentences of "[art] few [noun pl] [subord] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The deterioration in my companion 's movements in the few weeks since I had last seen him was distressing to observe . |
| 2 | I ca n't remember now whether in fact we were allowed any at all while we were in the Waaf , but I know that for the few years after I became a civilian again and clothes rationing still went on , the ration allocation was so small that the prospect of buying , for instance , a new winter coat was exceedingly small for most women , especially those with children , whose needs had to come first . |
| 3 | It seemed impossible that only a few hours before I had been happy in my cell at the aerodrome . |
| 4 | He called on me at the apartment a few hours before I left for the airport . |
| 5 | Just give me a few minutes while I get dressed and I shall be ready to go with you . |
| 6 | Can you excuse me for a few minutes while I have a word with the others and then I 'll be straight back to you ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ A few minutes after I had told him I was n't going on , a gang of his thugs suddenly appeared and pointed machine-guns at us and ordered us to get up on stage . |
| 8 | I 'll be able to model your gown ; it 's right at the end of the show , so I 'll have a few minutes after I 've finished Roman 's clothes . ’ |
| 9 | Rather unfairly , as he had been very nice that morning , it was a few minutes before I remembered there was a third guest present . |
| 10 | It 's only for a few minutes till I buy these and then you can have a turn at walking . |
| 11 | I could get to the car-park in a few minutes if I wanted to and be near him , thinking of him — his problems over , lying on the brown eiderdown in his blue pyjamas . |
| 12 | I only saw Stephen a few times before I went back to prison . |
| 13 | I do carry a few prizes if I have requests but I prefer to have people involved and enjoying games for the fun of joining in and having a good time , rather than to win a reward . |
| 14 | Fosdyke was all alone , had been for a few days since I had dinner with him in fact . ’ |
| 15 | But today the prostate operation is routine , as I discovered when I visited the operating theatre a few days after I had had mine . |
| 16 | ‘ However I wanted to race in Ireland and I was frustrated when the Lisburn club came back to me a few days after I had signed up for the French meeting and gave me the full details . |
| 17 | Then , a few days after I got back from Oxford , I got a telegram to say I had a scholarship . |
| 18 | He left after a few days as I said . |
| 19 | ‘ I was hoping Kenny could put me up for a few days until I 'd sorted things out with my parents . |
| 20 | Uplands kept its wholesaling operation going for a few years after I left , but it does n't exist any more ; I think the day of the really small wholesaler is gone . ’ |
| 21 | Oh he had that Cavalier for a few years after I sold it . |
| 22 | ‘ The plant has been neglected for a few years so I thought I 'd give it some plant food and water and to my astonishment this was the result , ’ said Margaret . |
| 23 | To me it was all familiar ( why , only a few years before I 'd danced there with a stiff-backed medical student by the name of Achille Flaubert ) . |
| 24 | It had been a few years since I 'd ridden a bike but it 's like sex , providing you do n't fall off , you soon get back into the swing of it . |
| 25 | It was just a fantasy I nurtured for a few years as I puffed and panted my way through the ten-foots and alleyways of downtown Hull . |
| 26 | I saw no signs and had gone a few miles before I saw my first human being . |
| 27 | He arrived a few weeks before me at the Elephant and retired just a few weeks before I left the department after the 1987 general election . |
| 28 | Q I recently became the owner of a pond which I planted and then left for a few weeks before I put the fish in . |
| 29 | But , says Frank , ‘ a few weeks before I got to see a specialist I passed what looked like a bucket-full of blood into the toilet . |
| 30 | She was er I mean was a pop s ex pop singer , I 'd only just stopped singing a few weeks before I started to work with Sybil and she could not have been more gracious and generous in helping me get through it . |