Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please let solicitors deal with everything , and also , please believe me when I say that I want nothing but a few mementos of my father . |
| 2 | I enjoyed it for a few weeks but then went to Stanley . ’ |
| 3 | I comforted myself with a few thoughts of what I would do to the culprit if I ever caught him ; realised that was highly unlikely , and headed for the golf course . |
| 4 | from my vantage point I saw nothing in the few seconds between the County Inspector 's announcement to have incited what appeared to be a concerted start by the police . |
| 5 | I said nothing for a few seconds . |
| 6 | Inside is a long , uncarpeted prison-like corridor with bedrooms on either side of it , a television lounge which is furnished in the drabbest possible manner and a recreation room which contains nothing but a few wooden chairs and tables . |
| 7 | That does not render it inedible if you cook it within a few hours — or freeze it immediately . |
| 8 | 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 ? ’ |
| 9 | I could let you have it for a few months until you get sorted out . ’ |
| 10 | We contented ourselves with a few small purchases , but will probably go there for some more serious shopping before the end of our stay in Peking , as it is obviously the best place in the country for buying touristy things . |
| 11 | Covering the work to protect from frost and rain , we left it for a few days to dry , which helps the shuttering to loosen itself too . |
| 12 | We decided we did n't really like a lot of our clothes , so we replaced them with a few very simple things . ’ |
| 13 | So let me leave you with a few wise words . |
| 14 | They let me hold her for a few minutes and then they took her away upstairs to Special Care . |
| 15 | ’ So they kept us in a few days . |
| 16 | The former '80s high flier is already well on the way to digging itself out of the mess it got itself into a few years back . |
| 17 | he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof . |
| 18 | One night , he found himself with a few other police enveloped in the hatred of a black township uprising . |
| 19 | He satisfied himself with a few words of hurried consultation during a House of Commons debate . |
| 20 | He examined it for a few moments , then realised Tock was standing beside him with a can of oil . |
| 21 | ‘ He took me to a few parties but I was uneasy about him . |
| 22 | It 's so incongruous it stuns me for a few seconds . |
| 23 | As for the English speaking , a child of far more than three has no difficulty learning Italian and is so far from being wedded to the tongue he has begun with that he forgets it within a few months so do not say to me that is an obstacle . |
| 24 | He said nothing for a few seconds , and I sensed that I might have unsettled this policeman . |