Example sentences of "[noun] was [adv] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The end of the bedstead was only a few inches away from the drawers , but in her new tiny condition it appeared to be miles . |
| 2 | In the first draft of this book , I left out any description of the young women speaking , and the introduction to each chapter was only a few lines . |
| 3 | Sharpe was just a few paces from his enemy . |
| 4 | It seemed as if the Führer was right yet again , and that the end of the Russian campaign was only a few weeks away . |
| 5 | Selling the piano was only a few months into the marriage . |
| 6 | The cart was only a few feet away but he shrugged his shoulders and headed towards it . |
| 7 | But the meeting was only a few hours old when the news broke that Winnie Mandela would face serious charges arising out of the murder in January 1989 of 14 year old activist , Stompie Moeketsi Seipei . |
| 8 | In some places the peat was only a few feet deep whereas in others it went down several yards . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , when Beth was only a few feet away , Matthew raised his head and his eyes met hers . |
| 10 | Her flat was only a few minutes ' walk away from the station . |
| 11 | What she wanted from Luke Hunter was not a few months ' — or even a few years ' — sensual companionship . |
| 12 | But there 's still the need to first get rid of the modern slums which replaced the Victorian slums standing when the tower block was just a few lines on an architect 's sketch board . |
| 13 | The creature was only a few metres away now . |
| 14 | Only too aware that her bed was just a few feet away , she gazed up at him , her eyes showing her confusion . |
| 15 | Caroline was only a few days old when Wordsworth left for home , and during 1793 , marooned in England without an income or particular hopes of finding one , he learned helplessly of the rise of the Terror in France following the overthrow of the Girondins in June that year . |
| 16 | Grandson Richard 's ear was only a few inches away . |
| 17 | Touching to think that as we did so , the reality was probably a few bits of orange peel and a walker in a woollen hat eating a cheese sandwich . |
| 18 | The deadline for the surrender of the Securitate secret police was only a few hours ago . |
| 19 | He had got into an argument in the wash room with Clive Fairbrother , an Australian exchange student a year older than him whose sense of humour was only a few degrees away from sheer malice . |
| 20 | Thermoluminescence dating of the clay core suggested that the statue was only a few centuries old , and this was supported by technical examination and analysis which showed that the casting technology and the metal used were quite typical of the Renaissance , and equally unlike those used by the Romans . |
| 21 | The weed was only a few metres from where Ell had slept . |
| 22 | At Godstowe Priory Dame Frances was only a few minutes away from death . |
| 23 | It was bad enough that the anniversary of my David 's death was only a few days away . |
| 24 | Christmas was only a few months away , after all , and then he 'd be back . |
| 25 | The house was only a few minutes ' drive away from the river . |
| 26 | He leant forward until his face was only a few inches from hers . |
| 27 | One of my father 's laboratories was only a few miles distant . |
| 28 | The extreme ultraviolet power was only a few watts , but it was adequate to detect molecular hydrogen . |
| 29 | A flurry of pleasure as my favourite , stacked nuts , came to the rescue and then the sling was just a few feet away . |