Below you will find example sentences with "past few". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Past Few in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: few
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 15
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 30.7 words

Words in this phrase

past few

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • past can mean: The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future. Common word
  • few can mean: An indefinite, but usually small, number of. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

in the past few years we 2× for the past few days 1× for the past few years and 1× in the past few 1× in the past few months as 1× in the past few seasons there 1× in the past few weeks have 1× in the past few weeks he 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as temperatures have 1× asphalting has occurred 1× but interest rates 1× but whether stephen 1× faith giesbrecht has 1× he added in 1×

Common sentence endings:

past few years 2× a few companies 1× above all values 1× above everything else 1× dreamers to stay 1× few added complications 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

years 12× weeks 6× days 4× market 3× get 2× cancer 2× added 2× seen 2× members 2× harris 2× across 2× year 2×

Related phrases

few hundred few years few weeks few months few days last few past decade past year walks past few quarters

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around few:

few years 20× few weeks 20× few months 20× few days 20× last few 18×

Just before it in the phrase index:

past decade passion fruit passing yards passing touchdowns passing game passenger vehicles

Just after it in the phrase index:

past mistakes past two past week past year past years pastry chef

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

past decade past year past two past week past mistakes past years

Same ending:

last few relatively few select few

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "past few" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 30.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as in the past few years we, for the past few days, years, weeks and days stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with few hundred, few years, few weeks, few years, few weeks and few months, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with past few

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

We've had that in the past, the past few years. (11 words)

Until the past few years the robotic surgery systems market only consisted of a few companies. (16 words)

Asphalting has occurred in the past few weeks, while safety measures will be implemented across the next few months. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Janey has been living with stage four ovarian cancer for the past few years and the treatment from the wonderful Scottish has kept the disease at bay, but sadly in the last few weeks the cancer has returned and there have been a few added complications. (46 words)

Much worry has been expressed over the past year about Jeremy Corbyn’s approach to Brexit, but in the past few weeks he has shown some skill in adopting a position that brings Labour closer to its members, voters and, above all, values. (43 words)

He added: “In the past few years we have heard so much about climate change and the demands to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, however while it is a good soundbite, only a few people come up with practical solutions to resolve the issues. (43 words)

Example sentences (20)

If Oregon wants to get back to the top of the Pac-12 this season, the No. 16 Ducks will have to get past a few programs that have proven to be more than a roadblock the past few years.

Janey has been living with stage four ovarian cancer for the past few years and the treatment from the wonderful Scottish has kept the disease at bay, but sadly in the last few weeks the cancer has returned and there have been a few added complications.

The past few years have seen more than a few former punks shift toward rootsier styles, but few have the kind of credibility of the Spurs, whose members have played in Portland punk bands since the 1980s.

Faith Giesbrecht has owned a business in the area for the past 32 years, saying that over the past few years, the vulnerable population has grown.

In just the past few days, we’ve already seen attacks on Harris that go far beyond the political and into the personal: Social media is swirling with smears about Harris’ past relationships.

Israeli strikes across the region in the past year, sharply accelerated in the past few weeks, have decimated Hezbollah’s leadership.

They’re sentiments that McIntyre has expressed to me in the past, while within the past few weeks, he’s given flowers to the Triple H led creative team for prioritizing storytelling above everything else.

Because of the worldwide smartphone market’s explosion over the past decade – especially in the past few years – we’ve got massive amounts of headphones and earbuds flooding the market.

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Much worry has been expressed over the past year about Jeremy Corbyn’s approach to Brexit, but in the past few weeks he has shown some skill in adopting a position that brings Labour closer to its members, voters and, above all, values.

The rise in bearish bets has accelerated in the past few months as bearish positions have gained in seven out of the past nine weeks and by a total of -27,373 contracts over that span of time.

Unlike in the past, Akhilesh has been camping in the constituency, which goes to polls on April 29, for the past few days.

We've had that in the past, the past few years.

As temperatures have climbed past the 90s over the past few days, one apartment complex just off Columbia Pike hasn’t been able to turn on the air — and that has some residents steamed.

But whether Stephen Miller and NumbersUSA like it or not, multiple polls taken over the past week (and over the past few years) show that the vast majority of Americans support allowing Dreamers to stay.

I thank all of you who worked so hard these past three years and past few days to achieve what we did in the House of Deputies and wish you well in Baltimore.

Over the past decade, and especially in the past few seasons, there has been a concerted effort to include performers of color.

Asphalting has occurred in the past few weeks, while safety measures will be implemented across the next few months.

But interest rates have risen, so a high debt ratio may be more of a problem in the next few years than it was in the past few.

He added: “In the past few years we have heard so much about climate change and the demands to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, however while it is a good soundbite, only a few people come up with practical solutions to resolve the issues.

Until the past few years the robotic surgery systems market only consisted of a few companies.

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