Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do yeah absolutely as as as the first few times we did it you know . |
| 2 | The big dog had snapped it from his fingers eagerly enough , but after rolling it around in her mouth a few times she spat it to the floor and pawed at it , growling and sniffing her distaste . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | After a few attempts I found I was turning like Robby Naish for the first part of the turn , then falling in on the inside of the turn . |
| 5 | Some people did expect an awful lot from those youngsters for the few shillings they paid them . |
| 6 | After a few minutes we watched them crossing the field , alongside the hedgerow . |
| 7 | After a few minutes he replaces it with something more conducive to conversation , the Neville Brothers ' ‘ Yellow Moon ’ . |
| 8 | Within a few minutes she saw him riding towards her up the hill , his horse 's harness glinting in the sun . |
| 9 | After a few minutes she opened them again . |
| 10 | At a meeting of the Cairngorm Club he told a hushed audience ‘ For every few steps I took I heard a crunch as if someone was walking after me but taking steps three or four times the length of my own . |
| 11 | I then started lungeing him and within a few months I rode him out at walk : a very difficult task . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I was sleeping with my boyfriend , and after a few months I found I was pregnant and I had to stop going there . |
| 14 | There was a lovely tree outside old Boots shop there they took all them away and put these little ones down the middle and I also brought it up when they did Weekday Cross they took the trees which had only been there a few years they took them all down and put put some others up some little twiggly things you know . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But after a few years I discovered I was not earning enough money from my patients . |
| 17 | for a few days we took him up here and all up there ! |
| 18 | We have read the various articles which have appeared in the Press over the last few days which accuse us of cheating in the recent Test series against England . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | And yet … we 'd had such a good few days I suppose I wanted to keep the mood going . |
| 21 | His hotel room had three beds , and for a few days he shared it with two German boys , students , who had enormous rucksacks and bulky guidebooks , and who were eager for Tim to go round with them . |
| 22 | Such sentiments are confirmed by reports from the few dealers who make it into stockbroking offices . |
| 23 | As it turned out , I was a dreadful croupier and after a few weeks they put me on coats and hats . |
| 24 | ‘ Often clients think it 's a good idea to come here but after a few weeks they think it 's not such a good idea . |
| 25 | erm from the evidence we 've looked at over the past few weeks you know I would say that |
| 26 | However , when I had been in Huntingdon a few weeks she persuaded me , against my will , to accompany her to a dance which was being held at Alconbury , one of the American air bases nearest to us . |
| 27 | And then after oh , after a few weeks she said I 'll come in for a cup of tea . |
| 28 | ‘ After a few weeks he told her he was going home , and asked her to go with him . |
| 29 | And I went down , I went somewhere else there was a few places I saw them so erm I said to , I said to Robert now you know those shirts , that shirt I bought you for Christmas ? |
| 30 | So he sat still and let her talk , murmuring answers to the few questions she asked him , trying to memorize details that might be important . |