Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] few [noun pl] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That feat accomplished Eubank provided the few thrills against Thornton 's dogged , but unconvincing , attacks . |
| 2 | Dismayed at the pain he had inflicted and at the pain he himself felt in consequence , Richard rushed forward , then stopped a few feet from Victoria twisting from side to side in frustration , wondering how he could stop her crying . |
| 3 | She recognised a few faces from Amelia 's party , but most of the dead people were strangers . |
| 4 | In the early stages of her marriage she kept her maiden name but when this caused a few rumblings in Arkansas and Clinton lost his bid for re-election as governor in 1980 , she took his name and he was returned to office two years later . |
| 5 | Then he turned the few feet to Creggan 's cage and stared up to where Creggan had taken stance on the bare branch of wood that hung across his cage . |
| 6 | Trouble flared a few days before MacQuillan 's death , when it became apparent the inventor was in effect conducting an auction and the price of buying the securely patented new carton had shot alarmingly high . |
| 7 | When Molly Gibson in Wives and Daughters ( 1866 ) has been to visit the Towers , her father declares that he had expected to find her so ‘ polite and ceremonious ’ that he read a few chapters of Sir Charles Grandison in order to bring himself up to concert pitch . |
| 8 | Anyhow , he got a few horses from Besthorpe Hall , and one or two of the little farms ; and he jogged along until the time came when Mr Flowerdew came into Diss on a market day , and he saw my grandfather . |
| 9 | Doc Threadneedle ordered another drink , and tipped a few drops into Jessamyn 's water . |
| 10 | When he had finished , signed a few cheques for Lily to post for the gas , electricity and other essentials , he wandered into the kitchen . |
| 11 | He exchanged a few words with Hodai , then rode away again . |
| 12 | He exchanged a few pleasantries with Jeane the Amazon , and collected on a small cocaine deal with a Senior Lecturer in Romance Languages . |
| 13 | My reason is that George spent a few minutes with Lennie , comforting and making him a happy man by reminding him of his dreams , before sending him off to find his final dream in heaven . |
| 14 | Because the panic attacks had become a habit with her , I spent a few sessions with Eileen teaching her how to overcome them . |
| 15 | Dana and I spent a few days in London again before travelling to Spain . |
| 16 | As a soldier stationed on the South Coast at the time of D- Day , I spent a few days in London where I attended the Proms . |
| 17 | After living in London for a while the couple spent a few days in Bournemouth and on St Swithun 's Day 1875 they came by steamer to Swanage . |
| 18 | To build a wall of Pycoma you simply erect a hollow mould of shuttering , lay a few blocks of Pycoma inside , and light them . |
| 19 | At a more modest level , the office of clerk of the works at Middleham was filled by a Westmorland man , Michael Wharton of Kirkby Thore , whose home lay a few miles from Gloucester 's lordship of Penrith . |
| 20 | At a more modest level , the office of clerk of the works at Middleham was filled by a Westmorland man , Michael Wharton of Kirkby Thore , whose home lay a few miles from Gloucester 's lordship of Penrith . |
| 21 | She sent a few dogs to Ireland and , after the war , attempts to track them down only resulted in letters being sent back marked ‘ gone away ’ . |
| 22 | From Winnipeg — where he had to work a bootlegging ruse to get a drink — he hitched to New York to stay with some friends of Philip : they were in Vermont and so he busked a few days in Manhattan , perhaps even sang for his supper in Greenwich Village . |
| 23 | I jogged a few laps with Seb , got really warm and faithfully carried out my stretching routine . |
| 24 | It took a few minutes for Curtis and Adrian to realise their baby had disappeared . |
| 25 | She put a few questions to Dr Scott . |
| 26 | ‘ Soon I thought I might as well try to get into a band and so I answered a few ads in Melody Maker and joined a few bands . |
| 27 | He waited a few seconds for Lorton to reply . |
| 28 | Sister said she had no work for me for a few minutes , so I could direct traffic for her whilst she had a few words with Dr Jones . |
| 29 | In the evening after dinner I had a few words with Barrymore alone . |
| 30 | On the teletext today it had a few words from Fergie saying that he reckoned that the no. of points they need to win the league is 84 . |