Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That feat accomplished Eubank provided the few thrills against Thornton 's dogged , but unconvincing , attacks . |
| 2 | We found a few examples of workers who had been in the uninterrupted employment of a single organisation long enough to qualify for dismissal protection and statutory redundancy compensation rights , but who still had temporary status . |
| 3 | One day we were poking around in some sodden ashes by the rear exit and found a few slivers of celluloid with images on them . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The only problem occurred a few days after launch , when one of the sun sensors produced occasional false readings and shut down the satellite . |
| 6 | Rincewind smiled politely at the stranger and tried a few words of Chimeran . |
| 7 | I received a few letters from strangers which made me realize that people did care . |
| 8 | She recognised a few faces from Amelia 's party , but most of the dead people were strangers . |
| 9 | We swapped a few anecdotes about buffoons we had encountered and then went our separate ways , hands thrust deep into our respective double-thickness , Gortex , all-weather , storm-force shell outers . |
| 10 | I squirted a few jets of milk then something blocked the end . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | After the usual bread and jam left out by Mrs Garfitt , Toby went and played a few games of rounders with the young boys . |
| 13 | They were happy affairs — we dressed in our best , played a few games like Farmer In His Den , Blind Man 's Bluff Or Musical Chairs , we enjoyed a tea of sandwiches , chocolate biscuits , ice cream and jelly , sang ‘ Happy Birthday ’ and went home with a slice of cake . |
| 14 | I even practised a few variations at home to see if the system could be improved . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Holly kicked the snow from his shoes against the jamb of the door and climbed the few steps into Hut 2 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Hibs showed a few signs of life when Tweed and Weir threatened on the counter-attack . |
| 19 | He shifted his stool a little closer to Roxborough 's ; at the same time , he organized a few ounces of beer into the young man 's jacket pocket . |
| 20 | We were applauded when we reported our record , and one of the newly recruited flying students opened a few bottles of root beer by way of celebration . |
| 21 | Later , as night crept over the Rorim , they met in Riven 's room and shared a few pitchers of ale . |
| 22 | I had most of the morning to myself and made a few calls to clients , to a financial journalist whose opinion I valued and finally to Andrew Buccleuth . |
| 23 | During Kimon 's absence , the democratization of the Athenian constitution was taken a stage further : the Areopagus , the upper council in the Athenian state , composed of ex-archons , was deprived of its political and legal functions , other than those which concerned a few cases of homicide . |
| 24 | Then , in the silence , Bigwig lurched to his feet , swayed a moment , tottered a few steps towards Fiver and fell again . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I sorted out old toys into boxes , got a few rolls of carpet and wallpaper back into their places from where they 'd fallen , pinned a couple of maps back on to the sloping wooden under-roof , cleared away some of the tools and bits and pieces that I 'd used to repair the Factory , and loaded the various sections of the Factory that needed to be loaded . |
| 28 | Doc Threadneedle ordered another drink , and tipped a few drops into Jessamyn 's water . |
| 29 | Crowninshield walked a few paces in silence until he was standing under the palms which edged the lagoon . |
| 30 | There followed a few years of growth with turnover increasing from £11 million 1982 to £18 million in 1987 . |