Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Impetus and the driving weight told , and the wedge , only a little misshapen now , crashed through and bore down the few extra yards upon the waiting English . |
| 2 | Then , pretending for a moment that he was back there , he would turn round and face the back of his cage , open his wings , and glide down the few feet to where his food lay on the ground , pretending that it was prey and that the few feet was hundreds of feet , and that he could feel strong winds on his wings and was an adult eagle , and free , free to fly where he liked . |
| 3 | DURING THE UUAC GENERAL STRIKE THESE AIRCRAFT WERE TOUCHING DOWN EVERY FEW MINUTES AT ALDERGROVE AIRPORT IN THE LARGEST AIR AND SEA MOVEMENT OF TROOPS UNDERTAKEN BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SINCE THE SUEZ OPERATION TWENTY-ONE YEARS EARLIER . |
| 4 | I took down a few reference numbers from a noticeboard headed ‘ Cleaning ’ and then waited for my turn . |
| 5 | All the matches are wet , so we cram down a few handfuls of cheese and boiled sweets . |
| 6 | CAME 'S BEAUTY stems from being built in the palest of pale Portland stone , arguably the finest building stone in Britain , quarried over the down a few miles towards the sea . |
| 7 | Out into the spooky snicket and down a few yards towards the churchyard . |
| 8 | Even if I allow him to scribble down a few paragraphs of his own fiction ( and I do not see why I should ) it still follows that any words he might write must in the first instance be composed by me . |
| 9 | She had to take a walk down a short corridor from the main hallway , go down a few steps to the kitchen . |
| 10 | I jotted down a few extracts from The Boyfriends . |
| 11 | When the temperature cooled down a few minutes later Gallacher headed to the referee 's dressing room to apologise . |
| 12 | Up and down a few more hills . |
| 13 | Two thousand years ago a sex manual written in China laid down a few guidelines for gauging a woman 's sexual characteristics from a careful study of her face . |
| 14 | Jess said , climbing down a few rungs . |
| 15 | Slugs can be a menace in the greenhouse in winter so put down a few slug pellets . |
| 16 | Listen to talks — read articles — then jot down a few headings on what message is being conveyed . |
| 17 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 times . |
| 18 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 19 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 30 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 20 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 30 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 21 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 22 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times . |
| 23 | Great that we 're making a few bob at last ; I 've bunged down a few more ideas for old Clash songs we could flog to various fee-paying customers . |
| 24 | For now , let's begin by jotting down a few ideas for sequences to make a Christmas movie . |
| 25 | Mister C might be fine , but clearly someone needs to down a few more smart drinks . |
| 26 | Do n't be afraid to open up uncharted areas or kick down a few fences . |
| 27 | It helps to ask the client 's permission to jot down a few facts . |
| 28 | It can be quite illuminating to write down a few vague goals , and then to discover just how deepseated your real feelings about nursing can be . |
| 29 | The ISV programme supposedly kicked off last week despite a quiet little ruling handed down a few days before by MIPS ' new parent , Silicon Graphics Inc , that says RiscOS 5.1 , due in the fall , is the end of the line . |
| 30 | Okay , so she 's gone down a few orifices in her time , but if anyone calls her a hookworm I 'll burst their intestines . |