Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [art] [adj] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if the pilot is fully aware of being close to the stall , he will instinctively hold off until the glider stalls down the last few feet rather than fly into obstructions at speed . |
| 2 | She caught only the last few words : ‘ the sooner this dangerous person is apprehended the better ’ , and switched off in frustration . |
| 3 | ‘ Hope that you 'll finally understand what I 've been trying to let you know over the past few days without frightening you away by putting it into words . |
| 4 | I hope over the next few months to be writing about all these accessories in more detail . |
| 5 | Sickness rose , vying with the pain , as she found herself piecing together the last few hours of Mark 's life . |
| 6 | He raced up the last few stairs and took her in his arms . |
| 7 | How to play out the last few seconds ? |
| 8 | I was still gagging up the last few dregs when somebody punched me on the cheek , sending the other side of my head banging against the metal wall of the shelter . |
| 9 | He spurred onward a good few yards before he turned and shouted back over his shoulder : ‘ You 're always welcome with the Puckeridge at least ! ’ |
| 10 | The really pointless measure is letting councils spend the money they get over the next few years from selling homes and other properties . |
| 11 | Considering this an ideal opportunity to notch up a final few medals for the family collection ( now housed in a vault beneath Windsor Castle ) , it was Cousin Vic 's plan to round up all the Nazi war criminals and march them off to prison . |
| 12 | This is a real time saver , because it automatically plays back the last few seconds of the previous shot as a check before returning you to record mode ready to take the next shot . |
| 13 | They 're now desperatly trying to piece together the last few hours of her life . |
| 14 | Slowed by the blossoming pain in his injured leg , he supported himself with a hand on the rough stone wall and stumbled down the remaining few steps . |
| 15 | This is , of course , a time of smokescreens so far as the Masters is concerned and to hear some of the Europeans talk over the last few days , they appear to be in need of the psychiatrist 's couch as much as anything . |
| 16 | The New Year feast is only one of a number of sumptuous meals that follow as relatives arrive over the next few days . |
| 17 | Parenting education might begin in schools and continue over the first few years of married life ( Pound et al. , 1985 ) . |
| 18 | You 'll be surprised how quickly they lower over the next few days . |
| 19 | Below Georgiades his men leapt up the last few pegs . |
| 20 | The European Commission is having a hard enough job getting all its members to clear out the same few channels so that Europe can have a paging system which could be used in any of its countries . |
| 21 | He sat silent for a long moment , recollecting how the past few years had dealt with Donata Blount and her family . |
| 22 | While the Camphill Development Project will naturally take up time and energy and demand much sacrifice over the next few years it must not become our only goal . |
| 23 | She felt his warm stickiness on her tongue , and rolled it around her mouth before placing her lips over the tip of his dying penis to suck up the last few drops . |
| 24 | She struggled up the last few yards and arrived at his side breathless . |
| 25 | In a letter sent out the last few weeks over the signature of Unix Labs president Roel Pieper , who also sits on the UniForum board , Unix Labs is promising ‘ no other industry event will attract such a prominent collection of information system executives , developers , end users , industry analysts and key members of trade media . ’ |
| 26 | In a letter sent out the last few weeks over the signature of USL president Roel Pieper , who also sits on the Uniforum board , USL is promising ‘ no other industry event will attract such a prominent collection of information system executives , developers , end users , industry analysts and key members of trade media . ’ |
| 27 | If you have n't got one of these to hand , perhaps we could arrange for one to be taken over the next few months . |
| 28 | Kerin , 53 , a trained economist , was reputed to be more flexible than his fiscally conservative predecessor , but he quickly sought to reassure the business sector that there would be no change in Treasury policy , stating that it was important to preserve " all the benefits of the hard decisions " taken over the past few years . |
| 29 | Publication of the standards is part of a series of initiatives taken over the last few years , including production of the ‘ Best Practice ’ management kit in 1985 , The Society 's model ‘ Office Manual ’ [ 1987 ] , the development of management training , and publication of the ‘ Quality Briefing ’ and ‘ Client Care Guide . ’ |
| 30 | I 've taken over the last few months when we 've done our sales training here , talking to certainly on advanced sales skills courses and so on , I 've tried to bring an air of realism to their world . |