Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [art] few [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new calendar , now known as the ‘ Young-Avestan calendar ’ appears to have been adopted in the reign of Cambyses ' great successor Darius I. The most thorough and plausible investigation of the date of its introduction is that made a few years ago by the distinguished historian of ancient astronomy the late Willy Hartner of Frankfurt University . |
| 2 | All this under a Tory Government which admits its PSBR is to be double that proposed a few months ago . |
| 3 | Her measures are simpler [ than Clare 's ] and she appears not to think of anything more audacious than writing a few forms skilfully and with point . |
| 4 | But she liked the money , and the new house , and the new dresses — and the six fields of apple trees and the big farm north of Stratford that came a few years later . |
| 5 | Even now a fast ion may be shooting through you that escaped a few days ago from the Jovian magnetosphere . |
| 6 | We hope that as your Medau News — with its views , information and diary of events — comes through your letter box this September , you will agree that by receiving it by direct mail is a better system than sharing a few copies round from class member to class member . |
| 7 | ‘ You might enjoy that kind of thing , ’ he said with more than a touch of irritation , ‘ but I have other matters to see to , more important than shifting a few papers about . ’ |
| 8 | What 's more , I intend to say it properly , ’ he declared , reducing speed to turn into a parking area that lay a few yards ahead . |
| 9 | Then , I looked again at a superficially rather strange SF trilogy that appeared a few months ago ( Schrodinger 's Cat , by Robert Anton Wilson , sphere , 1982 ) . |
| 10 | I try and rig a few wires up ! |
| 11 | Disconcertingly , April muttered something incomprehensible and moved a few steps away from them . |
| 12 | If possible , either the hall porter or receptionist will escort the guests to their room offering to carry any hand luggage and walking a few steps ahead to open any doors . |
| 13 | A jeep entered the orchard and stopped a few yards away . |
| 14 | At the Chalk Farm stop an attractive , freckled schoolgirl , about sixteen , in a smart navy uniform and white blouse , had got on and sat a few seats away . |
| 15 | Except ride round on a horse and pen a few articles when the mood took her . |
| 16 | Or have you ever needed a break from the pressures of work and paid a few pounds more to escape the holiday crowds ? |
| 17 | An office colleague to whom I had told my story , went to Lochinver by train and bus a few months later and stayed at the same cottage . |
| 18 | Urquhart stopped and turned a few yards ahead of her . |
| 19 | Modern plastics and silicones have made pipe connections so easy : no more messing about with tarred hemp and mortar , which inevitably cracked and leaked a few years later . |
| 20 | One night , he recalls , he sat alone in the Commons library when David Owen passed by and returned a few moments later with David Marquand . |
| 21 | She disappeared back into the kitchen and returned a few minutes later carrying a very dirty and dusty bottle of wine . |
| 22 | He disappeared into the shelves and returned a few minutes later , holding a book . |
| 23 | Dieter went off and returned a few minutes later with the information that Marie-Claire never came in on a Wednesday because her children 's school was closed on that day . |
| 24 | She hurried off and returned a few minutes later with a tiny white gown . |
| 25 | Getting lazily to his feet , he went out , and returned a few minutes later to announce , ‘ There 's a snack being laid out for you in the dining-room . |
| 26 | He went indoors and returned a few minutes later with the shoe box . |
| 27 | Suddenly restless , she rose to her feet and walked a few steps away from him , resting her elbows on the garden gate as she looked far away into the empty distance . |
| 28 | Here interest is revived by the sight of Sulber Pot and intensified a few yards further where , in a hollow , Nick Pot is seen ; alternative entrances combine below the surface at the top of a vertical shaft that falls sheer to a depth of 370 feet . |
| 29 | Many of the prisoners smiled and exchanged a few words either directly with the governor or with people in our party . |
| 30 | She had a quick look round the room and shoved a few things out of sight in the glory-hole cupboard . |