Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [art] [adj] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a moment , Folly was taken aback , but then she realised that the policeman had probably only seen the last few seconds of their little drama . |
| 2 | She could only see the first few rows beyond the footlights , but knowing they were there was enough . |
| 3 | WORLD cricket has distilled itself into the English game : the World Cup is over , South Africa have played their first Test match against the West Indies and now the far flung stars of these international matches have flown in to fill the last few places in the carousel of English county cricket . |
| 4 | We only switched the last few minutes on . |
| 5 | Er but I am going to take your books in at the end of the lesson so you can perhaps take the last few minutes before just if you 'll just erm put the sums at the moment erm just fix in your sheet fix it in and erm check out that you 've got everything else up to date okay ? |
| 6 | The feel of Master Harry 's mallet in his hand , the way the heel of it swung in his palm , filled him with a fever of ambition and impatience , and he could not wait the threatened few days for the assay . |
| 7 | I just caught the last few minutes of a Yorkshire TV documentary , ‘ England 's Last Wilderness ’ , with David Bellamy burbling about the Pennines . |
| 8 | I 'll just watch the last few laps . |
| 9 | Mr Grey 's enthusiasm and energy for the entrepreneurial challenge was contagious , but one could nevertheless feel a good few heels digging in among the bookselling purists at the idea of running a hairdresser . |
| 10 | Aye , we 'll just have a wee few minutes before we set them up . ’ |
| 11 | However , I 've just spent an interesting few minutes with my nose in line with the needles , gingerly winding the transfer carriage along with the ribber on half pitch — all in the interests of this article you understand , while hoping I would n't damage the transfer needle ! |
| 12 | During a mild winter they often start flowering in early March , and M. grandiflora still has the occasional few flowers in December . |
| 13 | This breed can live to 14 years of age , so giving an adult a home should still promise a good few years of companionship . |
| 14 | This time it was Jean herself who took the wheel as she took her husband home to spend a cosy few hours by his own fireside . |
| 15 | Adventure holidays are increasingly popular and the brave can test their physical and mental endurance in a number of ways from outward-bound courses where the participants usually spend the last few days of their ‘ holiday ’ building themselves a shelter in a sodden landscape and living off nature , to dog-sledging across the Arctic Circle and learning how to build an igloo on the way . |
| 16 | A refinement of this is ‘ record revue ’ , which automatically replays the last few seconds of the previous shot as a check before returning the camcorder to record-mode . |
| 17 | Practically sprinting the last few yards to the cottage , he pushed inside and dumped her belongings on the kitchen table before dashing out again and after the Land Rover as it groaned and grunted its way up the track to the colonel 's house , presumably driven by the garage mechanic . |
| 18 | Those people who have kindly attended the last few forums will have noticed the dearth of students for whom the event was organised . |
| 19 | It meant that they had almost to stand on the air , flapping furiously , and then drop the last few inches . |
| 20 | Standing on the landing , she took a moment or two to compose herself , then walked the last few feet to his mother 's room . |
| 21 | Ipswich then enjoyed the final few minutes of a memorable league campaign . |
| 22 | Lean your body forwards to squeeze the last few centimetres of range out of the punch . |
| 23 | We 'll then drive the last few metres to the Colombi . |
| 24 | Jack stopped , listening again , and then ran the last few metres . |
| 25 | Council officials in Hartlepool are urging local people to come forward to fill the last few places on an outward bounds course in the Lake District . |
| 26 | You 'll certainly have an unpleasant few minutes |
| 27 | Shiona would never forget the next few minutes when the two of them had arrived in the big sunny sitting-room . |