Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] only [art] 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 | Despite having visited the country and despite a long interest in the area , even I was not fully aware of the complexities and the depth of feeling in the various component parts of Yugoslavia until I read the quite remarkable book that Chris Cviic wrote for the Royal Institute of International Affairs only a few months ago . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Above Angela found the 17th-century four-poster bed while on a foray in the Welsh borders 18 years ago , and came upon the crewel-work hangings only a few weeks later in Hastings . |
| 8 | We hear about budgets in all walks of life , indeed we saw a red box only a few days ago . |
| 9 | Hence the burgeoning popularity of the Bharatiya Janata Party : a fringe party of Hindu extremists only a few years ago , it looks as though it could be part of a government after the election . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | With excellent huts only a few hours walk from our tent and the possibility of traversing passes between them , we were spoilt for choice . |
| 12 | Then he sprang , bearing her down into the trampled snow only a few paces from Yet 's body . |
| 13 | DR Gregor Gysi , East Germany 's new Communist party ( SED ) chairman , was shunned as a dangerous idealist reformer by the country 's discredited leaders only a few weeks ago . |