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01. I saw [several] of my old friends at our high school reunion.
02. Our plane was [several] hours late due to bad weather.
03. He has written [several] short stories about his experiences as a circus performer.
04. You received [several] phone calls this morning. The messages are all on your desk.
05. We have been to Mexico [several] times, and really love it there.
06. There were [several] people at the party that I hadn't seen in quite a while.
07. Janis taught English in a rural school in Botswana for [several] years.
08. We lived in Los Angeles for [several] years before moving back to Sacramento.
09. We've invited [several] friends over for a party on the weekend.
10. [Several] people I work with are on holiday now so the office in pretty quiet these days.
11. Aldous Huxley noted that [several] excuses are always less convincing than one.
12. In the harem of Mughal kings in India, ladies of royal blood changed their clothes [several] times a day, and never put them on again.
13. Shakespeare spelled his own name [several] different ways.
14. The Greek writer Homer wrote that a doctor is worth [several] men.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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