Example sentences of "[num ord] few [noun pl] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would n't serve us at the first few joints we tried , which was n't surprising , because we came through the door yelling our head off , or trying to , in this faulty new voice of ours . |
| 2 | After the first few incidents I began to suspect there was a pattern , so I tried to find it . |
| 3 | There were twenty five thousand , I , I would n't like to see twenty five thousand on that ground again , because I , I used to smoke at the time and we were packed that tight in the ground I could n't even get my hands down to my pockets to get a cigarette out , so the erm after the first few games they started to draw at home and then they seemed to lose the impetus and that they still held a good position in the league , but the following season Liverpool were in the second division at the time , and I , I went to that match and Walsall scored first through Colin and er , they went on to beat us six-one in the end . |
| 4 | After the first few sentences he became bewildered , agitated , thunder-struck . |
| 5 | I do yeah absolutely as as as the first few times we did it you know . |
| 6 | The first few times you go it 's interesting and exciting as anything new is , but eventually it 's hot and dusty and really quite boring . |
| 7 | The first few times I lit the stove , up popped yellow flames and I turned it off . |
| 8 | HO Circular ( 194/78 ) describing British and American research literature on policing is another typically apologetic , anti-intellectual document , for within its first few paragraphs it admits : |
| 9 | In the first few weeks they treated his wife nicely . |
| 10 | For the first few weeks I enjoyed being able to go out at the weekends , to buy trendy clothes and other things that I did not really need or appreciate . |
| 11 | He often reminisced about his contribution to the manufacture of sodamide , an essential reagent in the production of M & B 693 , making the first few batches himself using molten sodium and ammonia — an exciting reaction to control . |
| 12 | The first few occasions I experienced this enigma I put it down simply to the fact that I was fishing too far out and the bream were brushing against the line and giving me ‘ line ’ bites . |
| 13 | For the first few months they earned only a few pennies a week between them and Sal became convinced they would all end up in the workhouse if they kept failing to cough up the rent . |
| 14 | In the first few months we received a considerable amount of written advice from individuals and professional organisations , and so in making our decisions we could draw on a range of expertise . |
| 15 | Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face . |
| 16 | In my first few months I made some real gaffes — sitting in the wrong part of the dining room , for instance , and using a commanding manner with staff who were n't used to it . |
| 17 | During the first few months he worked with a gang of local road-menders , filling pot-holes on the highway , smoothing cambers , paving the dirt tracks that led to ranches . |
| 18 | For the first few months she trembled at the thought of performing an official engagement on her own . |
| 19 | But after the disorientation of the first few seconds she had found herself entranced by the city below her spread out like a living map . |
| 20 | Because HAI was in its infancy , in every job he filled during the first few years he had an American opposite number , sometimes with 30 years ' experience of the industry . |
| 21 | In his first few years he did more to establish the Hellenism of Smirke and Wilkins as ‘ the modern style of architecture ’ in Scotland than anyone else . |
| 22 | For the first few years I romped to cover up the new loneliness . |
| 23 | For the first few years I rested my chin on the concrete wall separating the spectators from the players and saw many wondrous things . |
| 24 | The twins were demanding — in the first few years she thought she would go mad from lack of sleep and overwork — but at least they touched her and hugged her and kissed her and loved her . |
| 25 | During the first few nights he had found sleep almost impossible . |
| 26 | For the first few days we kept the family shut into the cow-shed , to protect them from the cats ; but I really think that if any cat had had the temerity to put in an attack , the hen would have chased it half-way to Gloucester . |
| 27 | first first few days you got involved with too many foremen . |
| 28 | The teachers were very helpful and caring , and for the first few days I thought I was getting on quite well with my new classmates . |
| 29 | Well for the first few days I found enough energy to take an occasional dip in the pool and play a leisurely game of bowls . |
| 30 | If you experience fret buzz on the first few frets you have over-tightened things . |