Few Sentence Examples
The doctor will be in to talk to you in a few minutes.
He had a right to a few quirks.
In a few minutes Mr. Lincoln joined them.
The driver took them to a Spanish design home a few miles from the hacienda.
We know but few men, a great many coats and breeches.
I'll be up in a few hours.
In that small house, there were few secrets.
They were silent for a few seconds.
The trouble is that very few of their laborious explanations stick in the memory.
There are a few reasons.
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In a few days the beautiful spring will be here.
But during the first few weeks I was confronted with unforeseen difficulties.
Indeed, there were few things that he loved more.
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Let me start with a few caveats.
She fed them and gathered the few eggs they had laid after she gathered them yesterday.
Little sister and I would take you out into the garden, and pick the delicious raspberries and a few strawberries for you.
Now, dear friend, Please accept these few words because of the love that is linked with them.
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These few were given the tools to achieve their maximum potential, to live that dream.
On the day that he was seven years old, his mother gave him a few pennies.
In March Helen and Miss Sullivan went North, and spent the next few months traveling and visiting friends.
They got into the carriage and drove for a few minutes in silence.
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After a few moments Jonathan answered.
Mr. Warner and Mr. Burroughs, the great lover of nature, came to see us a few days after, and we had a delightful talk with them.
A few minutes later Dulce and Alex joined them at the table.
In a few minutes the big net was pulled up out of the water.
A few days ago I received a little box of English violets from Lady Meath.
After a few minutes' bustle beside the high bedstead, those who had carried the sick man dispersed.
There were leads, but few.
I have a few places picked out already.
Very few people ever came that way.
Only once afterward in fifteen years was their constant companionship broken for more than a few days at a time.
There was no one now between the squadron and the enemy except a few scattered skirmishers.
For a few moments all were silent.
Boris said a few words to his general, and Count Bennigsen turned to Pierre and proposed that he should ride with him along the line.
I just got the message a few minutes ago.
Two freed her a few hours later and let her walk around the room.
A child with but few sources may keep distinct what he draws from each.
Felipa stared at the wall, deep in thought for a few minutes.
Carmen read to her from a book for a few minutes until she fell asleep and then turned the light off.
At the foot of the hill lay wasteland over which a few groups of our Cossack scouts were moving.
All he saw about him merged into a general impression of naked, bleeding human bodies that seemed to fill the whole of the low tent, as a few weeks previously, on that hot August day, such bodies had filled the dirty pond beside the Smolensk road.
Only a few of them still move, rise, and feebly fly to settle on the enemy's hand, lacking the spirit to die stinging him; the rest are dead and fall as lightly as fish scales.
Get a few things together.
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A very few, as heroes, patriots, martyrs, reformers in the great sense, and men, serve the state with their consciences also, and so necessarily resist it for the most part; and they are commonly treated as enemies by it.
Anna Mikhaylovna, in a few words, told her the contents of the letter, on condition that she should tell no one.
The next few days ran together.
I spoke to a few people.
A few weeks passed by.
She cried until she was too tired to cry more and drifted into a vision, reliving the few moments she spent with Jilian.
A few of the guests cast curious looks her way, and everyone who looked at her seemed more interested in the plain charm at her chest than in meeting her gaze.
If she could only think straight for a few seconds!
A few more days, and even I wouldn't have been able to undo what Wynn did.
One Gabriel doesn't know and probably shouldn't for another few days.
Sprinkled in the assortment of oldies were a few exceptions—two couples both named Dawkins, and Pumpkin Green, a young man taking a break from his cross country hike to California in support of the homeless, or so he claimed.
The mine sits on a few hundred acres old man Dawkins owned.
She was saying a few pushy things I took exception to, and then she grabbed my arm for emphasis.
A few days afterward the man came again.
A few said that there was one man in their neighborhood who seemed to have had some sort of good luck.
The land around it was rugged, with only a few fields in the midst of a vast forest.
A very, very few people, however, were freed from this sustenance lifestyle, either by their fortuitous birth or outstanding ability.
But you still were working with the biased, anecdotal opinions of a few people not very like you.
It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.
As I lay in my bed that night, I wept as I hope few children have wept.
A few days ago I met Tommy Stringer in the railroad station at Wrentham.
When she was told of the surrender of the brave little people, her face clouded and she was silent a few minutes.
Tell her there are a few bitter drops in every one's cup, and the only way is to take the bitter patiently, and the sweet thankfully.
We are accustomed to say, that the mass of men are unprepared; but improvement is slow, because the few are not materially wiser or better than the many.
A few minutes later crowds of wounded men and stretcher-bearers came back from that direction.
The adjutant galloped to Claparede's division and a few minutes later the Young Guards stationed behind the knoll moved forward.
Countess dear... an officer came to me to ask for a few carts for the wounded.
He had read only a few lines when he turned pale and his eyes opened wide with fear and joy.
And they did indeed get somewhere, though not to their right places; a few eventually even got to their right place, but too late to be of any use and only in time to be fired at.
Others turned over and warmed themselves, now and again exchanging a few words.
For a few seconds they gazed silently into one another's eyes--and what had seemed impossible and remote suddenly became possible, inevitable, and very near.
They admired the new foal and a few other horses.
He says it's only a few miles away and we'll be right back.
Then he put a few chunks of carrots and potatoes on the plate.
A few times she nodded off, but for the most part she was able to stay awake until Alex arrived the next morning with Katie.
A few seconds later Alex answered the phone.
Loading it quickly, he watched the skunk from the house for a few minutes.
After studying the car thoughtfully for a few minutes, he confidently assumed authority.
I'll be over there in a few minutes so you can show me what needs to be taken care of while you're gone.
A few minutes later he walked down the hallway.
There she lay stunned for a few minutes.
After a few moments, he glanced up at her.
In the last few weeks she had allowed herself to be distracted.
Will you two hold it down for a few minutes?
He grabbed a few things from a dresser drawer.
A lot had happened in the last few months.
The line was silent for a few moments and then Mary let loose with a heavy sigh.
Last night she had noticed a few clothes in a hamper in the laundry room.
He jabbed at the fire a few times.
Why don't you rest here a few minutes and I'll do the serving for once.
In a few days, even the scars would heal.
This was only a few days ago, when we all lost our magic.
Because nanites are so small, they require little in the way of raw materials, just a few molecules here and there.
When few people own land and most people live in cities, it is quite common to have high degrees of hunger in a nation that is exporting food.
I should like much to see it, and to obtain a few copies if possible.
From politeness and to start conversation, they asked him a few questions about the army and the battle, and then the talk went off into merry jests and gossip.
The father and mother did not speak of the matter to their son again, but a few days later the countess sent for Sonya and, with a cruelty neither of them expected, reproached her niece for trying to catch Nicholas and for ingratitude.
After flipping through a few channels, Carmen decided to take a long bath.
Carmen remained quiet for a few minutes, allowing him to think about it.
It seemed like only a few seconds before the uncomfortable feeling became nausea.
He held the cup for a few minutes, his neck growing red.
Well, it's only been a few weeks since we confessed.
The house was furnished, so she didn't have much to move – just a few pieces of her parent's furniture and some summer clothes.
I have my things ready... but I have a few questions first.
He watched her intently for a few moments longer and then turned his attention to his food.
She called to him as he hunkered down beside a rose bush with a few brown leaves clinging to it.
Cynthia leaned over as they drew near one and tried to pet it, but the cow moved away a few steps and began grazing again.
I started with a few select cows and a good bull.
So far, deer and rabbits are easier for a few wolves to pull down than a healthy cow, but if the pack gets too big they may go after cattle.
If you'd like, I'll bring a few home sometime.
It could only have been in the last few weeks since the weather had turned warm.
I hired her as a housekeeper a few months ago.
Few cases met fell within our criteria.
The few people I've met who knew me back then say I'm a different person.
I figured these abductions mirror some old case, and then there's a time break of a few years, like he was away.
The two spoke for only a few minutes, in the privacy of the kitchen.
See you in a few.
Somewhere a few blocks away, an ambulance wailed.
She had to make it only a few more days.
This time, the few drops quelled the hunger and her distress.
As a deity, she had few real emotions.
She was a few feet into the lake, coughing and sputtering.
If you're not going to be around more than a few hours, it couldn't be that important to you.
Destiny had finally reached the point that she would tolerate being held by Lori, but after a few minutes she was ready to get down or go to Alex, Carmen or Jonathan.
Carmen lay still for a few minutes, soaking up the body heat from Alex.
I'll get Bill and a few guys.
For a few moments they stood that way.
I had let so much gas out of my balloon that I could not rise again, and in a few minutes the earth closed over my head.
In a few minutes they had forgotten about the birds.
I have frequently seen a poet withdraw, having enjoyed the most valuable part of a farm, while the crusty farmer supposed that he had got a few wild apples only.
It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do.
And every few years a new lot is laid down and run over; so that, if some have the pleasure of riding on a rail, others have the misfortune to be ridden upon.
It is not in vain that the farmer remembers and repeats the few Latin words which he has heard.
He looked back laughing to the Cossack who stood a few steps behind him holding two horses by their bridles.
And really he only ran a few steps alone.
At the end of the letter she informed him that in a few days she would return to Petersburg from abroad.
The approaching riders having descended a decline were no longer visible, but they reappeared a few minutes later.
During the third night the countess kept very quiet for a few minutes, and Natasha rested her head on the arm of her chair and closed her eyes, but opened them again on hearing the bedstead creak.
Making a great effort she did however go to call on them a few weeks after her arrival in Moscow.
They talked for a few minutes and then Carmen left to take Destiny to their room.
He worked quietly for a few minutes and then finally turned his attention to Carmen.
Considering the information Katie had just disclosed, it wasn't surprising that he wanted to be in control - or that he had chosen a wife who asked few questions.
A few minutes later they came in and got Destiny to take her for more x-rays.
He said Destiny's fever had broken and if she continued to improve, they would take the tent off her bed in a few days.
It couldn't have been more than a few seconds, but it seemed much longer.
A person could change a lot in a few years, especially when they were that young.
She pondered a few minutes and then smiled.
A few weeks wouldn't mean the difference in paying for college, and she could use the time to relax.
For a few moments the car hung there, the back half solidly on the ground, the front hanging precariously over the cliff.
Only a few minutes ago she had flaunted death.
There she sat for a few moments, gasping for breath.
The man lifted his hands gently from the trunk, and the rear wheels of the car lifted a few inches from the ground.
She paused for no more than a few moments, but apparently Giddon hadn't heard.
The top was clean except for accessories and a few letters standing upright in a sorter.
She left him only a few months after they were married.
Here, why don't you sit down on this chair while I look you over and ask a few questions.
Closing her eyes for a few precious moments, she breathed deeply and let her breath out in a long, relaxing sigh.
The few freckles she had were magnified, but the dark circles under her eyes were a surprise.
All right, I'll throw a few things together and stow them in your car before I leave.
Maybe she should accept a few dates now and then.
He gnawed on the inside of his mouth, studying her for a few moments.
After a few minutes, he reached over to change it.
He was silent for a few moments and she thought he was listening to the radio.
Adrienne expected a sharp response from Mr. Marsh, but he only regarded his wife thoughtfully for a few moments.
A few weeks ago we were only friends, and now...
It'll make things tough, but it's only a few months.
With planning and diligence, his business would be on its feet in a few years and she would be working in the pediatric ward at the hospital.
A few years from now, he'll be regretting this.
Over the next few days she thought about the job several times with mixed feelings.
We found a family massacred a few days ago.
I scouted for the army a few years.
It didn't take long to fill a few plates with pancakes.
He watched her for a few minutes while she crawled under the wagon and pulled her blanket around her shoulders, and then he walked away.
Fritz kept watching her and Royce even snickered a few times.
She watched them talk for a few minutes.
Now, with only a few hours sleep, he was walking while she rode.
Within a few minutes Fritz and Davis also joined them.
There is nothing so terrible that a few words from the Padre can't mend.
Darcie leaned back in the seat and watched Cassie reflectively for a few minutes.
A few people acknowledged Cassie, and glanced curiously at Darcie.
A few months ago she wouldn't have realized that forgiving her father was important to her marriage – but then, a few months ago she didn't know Chauncey.
A few months ago she didn't know the true meaning of love.
He took a few steps and then paused, glancing back at her.
Mary contemplated her soberly for a few moments and then spoke gently.
If you'll think back, my message was that spending a few nights together wasn't a good reason to get married.
A few minutes later he returned.
Give me a few common tools and some food, and I will do well enough, said the sailor.
Be they many or few, you may have all for three pieces of silver.
Science's progress over the past few hundred years has been determined mainly by the relatively slow speed at which we were able to collect data.
After a few minutes more, you decide this really isn't the suit for you.
Of the twenty thousand sales he has made in his career, he probably remembers a few hundred distinctly and a few thousand vaguely.
A few years later, with the United States again at war, most of its top medical minds were engaged in the war effort.
Some years ago, a few people taking Wellbutrin reported that their cravings for cigarettes diminished.
Highly specialized experts are a few keystrokes away and can be hired for just a few minutes or hours at a time.
This is one of the few areas in which government taxation actually leads to a more efficient outcome.
In a few years, the money is gone and they are worse off than before.
I know it sounds all futuristic and expensive now, but what if this technology falls to just a few dollars per acre?
A few airline flights went non-smoking.
Few know what joy it is to feel the roses pressing softly into the hand, or the beautiful motion of the lilies as they sway in the morning breeze.
A few weeks later her style is more nearly correct and freer in movement.
Only a few of my kind friends in Boston know anything about the library.
She had taken a few piano lessons at the Perkins Institution.
The morning wind forever blows, the poem of creation is uninterrupted; but few are the ears that hear it.
I think that there are very few important communications made through it.
Witness the present Mexican war, the work of comparatively a few individuals using the standing government as their tool; for, in the outset, the people would not have consented to this measure.
After a few more turns of the lathe he removed his foot from the pedal, wiped his chisel, dropped it into a leather pouch attached to the lathe, and, approaching the table, summoned his daughter.
Kutuzov walked through the ranks, sometimes stopping to say a few friendly words to officers he had known in the Turkish war, sometimes also to the soldiers.
Kutuzov's face as he stood in the open doorway remained perfectly immobile for a few moments.
He did not know whom to answer, and for a few seconds collected his thoughts.
The Tsar called the colonel of the regiment and said a few words to him.
A few minutes later Mademoiselle Bourienne came into Princess Mary's room smiling and making cheerful remarks in her agreeable voice.
In a few months the year will be up.
There was talk of his intrigues with some of the ladies, and he flirted with a few of them at the balls.
A few minutes later it reappeared brighter still from behind the top of the cloud, tearing its edge.
A few intimate friends were dining with the Rostovs that day, as usual on Sundays.
That's not right! cried the prince, and himself pushed it a few inches from the corner and then closer in again.
The peasants were ruined; some of them too had gone to Bogucharovo, only a few remained.
Natasha moved a few steps forward and stopped shyly, still holding her handkerchief, and listened to what the housekeeper was saying.
One shot struck a French soldier's foot, and from behind the screens came the strange sound of a few voices shouting.
A few instants after the echo of the reports resounding over the stone- built Kremlin had died away the French heard a strange sound above their head.
After a few words about Princess Mary and her late father, whom Malvintseva had evidently not liked, and having asked what Nicholas knew of Prince Andrew, who also was evidently no favorite of hers, the important old lady dismissed Nicholas after repeating her invitation to come to see her.
They advanced the few hundred paces that separated the bridge from the Kaluga road, taking more than an hour to do so, and came out upon the square where the streets of the Transmoskva ward and the Kaluga road converge, and the prisoners jammed close together had to stand for some hours at that crossway.
The Emperor intended to join the army personally in a few days' time.
A few minutes later the footman returned with Dessalles, who brought word from the princess that she would be very glad to see Pierre if he would excuse her want of ceremony and come upstairs to her apartment.
The count and countess will be here in a few days.
Pierre was shown into the large, brightly lit dining room; a few minutes later he heard footsteps and Princess Mary entered with Natasha.
A few days previously Pierre had decided to go to Petersburg on the Friday.
A few days later he fell ill and took to his bed.
Nicholas went out into the porch to question him, and immediately after the elder had given a few replies the sound of cries and blows were heard.
He took this as a sign of approval and a confirmation of his thoughts, and after a few minutes' reflection continued to think aloud.
I've received too much sympathy in the last few weeks.
I spent enough time out here a few years ago.
The two men talked for a few minutes and then one rider turned his bay horse toward the wagons.
Over the next couple of weeks, Cynthia made a few visits to town, once taking in a movie before she returned.
A few minutes wouldn't hurt, and then he would be sound asleep.
A few more minutes - let him get completely relaxed.
In a few more weeks she could make a routine visit to the doctor.
He glanced at her sharply and regarded her thoughtfully for a few moments.
No, but there's nothing odd about a Tom cat wandering off for a few days.
People should get married because they want to spend the rest of their lives together, not because they've already shared a few nights.
Mary was silent again for a few moments and when she spoke it was in a controlled voice.
They rode in silence for a few minutes and finally he looked up.
I think you're one of the few people who would truly appreciate it.
I was hoping I was simply a few weeks late, but it's been over three now and then this started.
They were both silent for a few moments, remembering that emotion packed morning - and another one.
If you wanted to marry me, why did you tell me you only wanted to spend a few nights with me?
You said marriage was for people who wanted to spend a lifetime together, not a few nights.
Both of us were new to New York City, and had few or no friends.
While Martha is my kindred spirit, Quinn and I always got along fairly well the few times we're all gotten together.
He was staying in less splendid quarters a few blocks away.
Howie bounded out of the car and crossed to the newer side of the street where he had a better view of the few older buildings that remained.
He tried to speak but it took a few moments before the words were understandable.
It seemed to me we were all on edge, especially Howie who, aside from a smile and a few words, stayed out of our limited conversations.
A few hours later, Quinn would set the power source to the time and location, not informing Howie.
Betsy and I were more shocked at the buried animosity that the other three must have witnessed over the past few weeks.
The street he was on looked as it had on the television he said, but the houses were absent numbers so it took him a few moments to locate the correct place.
We trudged through the next few weeks marginally well though the schedule was exhausting to all and, in spite of our efforts, our other lives were suffering.
It came from Boston, a few hundred miles away; sort of like the tip you just made.
You're a private citizen in a few days.
We splurged for a motel room in Peabody, a few miles from the LeBlanc's home.
I asked after a few deep breaths.
A few moments passed before he told me to go ahead.
I've spoken with Cooms, a few times.
One person has the so called ability, with support from a few others.
Life has few guarantees, sir.
I'd love to be just a mom, at least the first few years.
Each of us nervously cut ties with our past by giving notice, making moving plans and advising our few friends and relatives.
Few of our cases were cut and dried.
I've staffed it with an ex San Francisco detective and a few other retired experts.
Maybe. But Youngblood was missing quite a few days.
Perhaps I should shed a few pounds.
We yacked the usual inanities for a few minutes until Howie excused himself to use the bathroom.
God, don't you remember those first few weekends?
There are a few older cases that bear similarities to these kidnapping- murders.
The few times Howie was out of ear shot, the rest of us gossiped about his love life like back fence crones but failed to reach a consensus.
Only a few flying saucer advocates spoke from the fringes with a positive slant.
The tip covers only a few minutes, like she has to leave quickly, even though there must be more to be learned if she stayed.
A few bold pigeons strolled by, looking for a handout but they waddled on down the path.
Ask a few questions; I'll see if there are any I can answer.
Maybe not on your own for a few years but you'd be welcomed to help with her while I do my house work.
I considered telling her the tipster was ill and out of service for a few days but common sense dictated that doing so might encourage someone to commit a crime in the tipster's absence.
I'm not that person but I'm close enough to know a few things about her.
I drove the few miles to Howie's home feeling as guilty as a cheating husband for leaving Betsy alone and uninformed.
I couldn't block out of my mind, my wife's statement a few days ago; think of all the children who he could be saving.
In a few moments I heard a gruff male voice ask, "Is this the swami?"
A few hours ago, my wife was calling Molly's mother Julie a bitch, now, with a quickly appointed kinship, she was her assigned sister!
He then left for Boston and a flight that would arrive a few hours after Julie's.
When I made a face, she said, "It gets better after you've had a few."
You were singing a different song a few hours ago?
It won't be long now; just a few more details to check.
While Martha was on the phone trying to get our air conditioning system checked, I had a few moments alone with my wife.
Can you spare a few days get together?
I'd say you have few choices; get protection, get a gun or head for the hills.
I cleaned up a few paper details and left the office for home, driving around town the long way, just to clear my head.
School, which will begin tomorrow, is only a few days from summer recess.
Whenever we needed a few moments alone, a dog walk was suggested and eagerly accepted.
No; just trying to understand a few things.
Later. Now, just help me out and answer a few questions.
And busted a few ribs.
I passed out for a few minutes, I guess, and then I thought I was alone so I started crawling toward the door.
Now, I got a few more questions.
Well, your pal leaves for a few days and turns off the power.
The events of the last few days coupled with the dread of the unknown future were taking their toll.
I should be leaving for the police station in a few minutes.
It might make me a few minutes late meeting with Jackson but all the more time for Brennan to speak with him first.
I thanked him and drove the last few miles to my house, more sedately than earlier.
Finally, she was able to inject a few words.
He even offered to mind Bumpus for a few days after I requested a recommendation for a kennel.
This one guy, I was his cell mate for a few months about the middle of my stretch; he was plain different.
A few of the gents nodded off but the pastor would quickly bring them back we a raised voice and a fist pound, prompting a hearty Amen.
He pretended he needed time to make a few more phone calls but I could see he was disappointed by the delay.
There was no brief respite, no few days of safety; John Luke Grasso was here in our back yard!
Pual followed a few steps behind.
I just have a few questions...
Only Quinn's notes, a few articles of discarded clothing and the recorder remained.
Fingers and thumbs were struck constantly and after a few hours I was the first to fall.
In a few months, she will be joined by a sibling.
Sitting, she gave up on the jammed seatbelt after a few useless tugs.
In all their years together, they'd never been out of communication more than a few days.
He'd messed around with Jenn only a few hours earlier and already felt the need to unwind again.
He leaned against the wall a few feet from her, arms crossed and cold blue eyes on her.
I've been studying culinary arts for a few years and recently decided to branch out on my own.
Part of her accepted his explanations after what she'd experienced the past few days.
His gaze lingered before he strode towards his bedroom, determined to get a few hours of sleep.
Have Jenn twist a few arms for details and to validate the intercepts.
We need to dust off a few ops plans for this weekend.
He returned after a few minutes and sat across from her.
His eyes were wiser, his face firmer with few signs of the troubled youth she remembered.
After a few solid hours of sleep, his sense of center was back, his mind clear.
He messed with it for a few minutes then reassembled it and placed it on the table.
Every few years, he had to move anyway; they all did, for security reasons.
Dusty didn't know if a few months of Darian having his own mind back were enough to erase thousands of years under the control of another.
You need to learn a few more things on your own.
She was supposed to meet him in a few hours.
A few minutes later, she sat in the living room, granola bar clenched between her teeth while she tied her shoes.
Jonny turned and walked away, disappearing after a few steps.
Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of our father's death, and we made a pact a few months ago to go there every year at the same time.
You know what I've been doing for the past few months?