Example sentences of "few [noun pl] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | After a few minutes I roused myself , gathered up the clothes , and went round to Dominic 's room , holding his key through a handkerchief . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I then started lungeing him and within a few months I rode him out at walk : a very difficult task . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I was sleeping with my boyfriend , and after a few months I found I was pregnant and I had to stop going there . |
| 7 | But after a few years I discovered I was not earning enough money from my patients . |
| 8 | For the first few years I rested my chin on the concrete wall separating the spectators from the players and saw many wondrous things . |
| 9 | For the next few years I threw myself into a whirlwind of activities — involving myself in a Women 's Aid refuge , women 's centres , campaigns , demonstrations and conferences . |
| 10 | After a further few days I brought my suitcases up from London . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And yet … we 'd had such a good few days I suppose I wanted to keep the mood going . |
| 13 | That first day at school depressed me , and during the next few days I begged my parents to let me stay at home , which of course was out of the question . |
| 14 | For the next few weeks I reported my unimportant news to the office . |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | I say ‘ the wife ’ with impunity as Doreen is one of the few wives I know who actually calls herself that . |
| 17 | And Keith is one of the few Englishmen I know who really likes Spencer , the rest dismiss him as representative of an imperial , conservative , rural English idyll . |
| 18 | ‘ He is one of the few teetotallers I know who can be entertaining after dinner . ’ |
| 19 | In those few seconds I saw myself returned to Leeds like a misrouted parcel … |
| 20 | Their arguments were faultless and after a few moments I felt myself drowning in doubt , drowning in the time trap surrounding the area . |
| 21 | Actually , I did n't like the way Diggs questioned me about what had happened , and for a few moments I thought he might have guessed , but my replies seemed to satisfy him . |
| 22 | The warts are all there too for without a few blemishes I think it would be a rather dull story . |