Example sentences of "[adv] to [noun] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only wallpaper for the whitewashed parlour seemed , at least in Cottle 's opinion , to be lacking , and he accordingly sent an upholsterer down to Clevedon a few days later to paste up some ‘ sprightly paper ’ . |
| 2 | The army occupies an area of land the size of Torness turbine hall with each soldier standing stiffly to attention a few inches from his neighbours . |
| 3 | ‘ You have an immense output , ’ Willoughby said severely to Emily a few weeks later , leaning over her desk as if he were a judge himself . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been back to London a few times in the last year , and I 've had some great times there , ’ she enthused . |
| 5 | As Lorenz wrote , ‘ one of them may be inclined to go on to mouth-pulling a few seconds before the other one . |
| 6 | When d'Argenlieu dispatched himself hastily to Paris a few days after the French elections and before the Haiphong incident , it was to lobby intensively for a policy of firmness ; and his tactic , says Devillers , was simple : to create fear . |