Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] few words " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , ’ said April , making it increasingly apparent that she was a girl of very few words . |
| 2 | He turned back to the frying-pan , and she wondered how anyone could make her hackles rise with so few words . |
| 3 | Its subtleness in so few words adds to the cleverness of it showing how perceptive he was . |
| 4 | Quickly , in as few words as possible , Jack told him what had happened with the Glory , how he had seen the gigantic Worm break through the earth , and how both Tina and his mother had denied all knowledge of what they had seen . |
| 5 | Conciseness — This means that the message of the letter must be conveyed in as few words as possible , using clear , simple expressions and avoiding the use of any unnecessary phrases . |
| 6 | I told them in as few words as possible what Silver and the others had said , and they listened without speaking . |
| 7 | All the commands are dealt with but seemingly in as few words as possible , it 's more a quick reference guide than a piece of documentation . |
| 8 | Take it down to the bone , to as few words as possible . |
| 9 | I remember years ago being amused when a young man given to very few words came to our vicarage and burst in with the news : ‘ Jane had a baby boy this morning ! ’ still with his bedroom slippers on . |