Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] only a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | I went there and found the beach exactly as described , with the clear and tranquil pond only a few yards behind the choppy sea . |
2 | Visitors to the city may easily fail to chance upon Portugal Place which remains an oasis of timeless calm only a few paces from the crowded pavements of the city centre . |
3 | Then she turned and walked towards the deep end , turned again and did a perfect back flip , hardly denting the surface and coming up into a smooth breaststroke only a few feet away from me . |
4 | Referee Jimmy Johnston had given a general warning about foul play only a few minutes earlier . |
5 | But to all West Germany 's neighbours , the idea of a German military force only a few years after the defeat of Hitler s armies was still repugnant . |
6 | We hear about budgets in all walks of life , indeed we saw a red box only a few days ago . |
7 | Carter and the Shah met again for the second and final time only a few weeks later , It was New Years Eve in Teheran , Carter was on a hectic world swing and Teheran was a convenient resting place between Warsaw and New Delhi . |
8 | Then he sprang , bearing her down into the trampled snow only a few paces from Yet 's body . |