Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] [vb past] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Melissa drove a pale and silent Rose back to the auberge , and Dora followed a few minutes later . |
| 2 | I did not see the production until the following Christmas , when it contained an amusing touch which I imagine John must have added that year , after Leonide Massine had revived The Three-cornered Hat at Covent Garden : Hansel and Gretel danced a few steps with a bunch of grapes , a good-humoured quotation from the dance of the miller and his wife in Massine 's ballet . |
| 3 | Jenny and Antony moved a few inches further apart , then giggled at each other because of the involuntary movement . |
| 4 | The survey — ‘ mapping the universe ’ — which Geller and Huchra began a few years ago is not yet complete but they have seen enough to conclude that ‘ the size of the largest structures we detect is limited only by the extent of the survey ’ . |
| 5 | She wrote that she would prefer not to come home , but Tony and Maureen got a few days ' leave and travelled to Kent to see her . |
| 6 | Cameron and Menzies collected a few names for their lists of contacts — the tall old man , who came from Camusvachan in Glen Lyon , the red-haired MacLennan brothers from Foss . |
| 7 | listened to transmission from the Kittyhawk and Bill offered a few suggestions as Dick became familiar with his mount . |
| 8 | We did some of the old songs and Carl wrote a few things that we did new . |
| 9 | Crewkerne , the nearest post town , was the frequent destination of other walks , and on one occasion Wordsworth and Dorothy continued a few miles further to take in Hinton House , the home of Earl Poulett . |
| 10 | There was a polite shunting of chairs to make space for an extra one , and Eliot managed a few pleasantries while Shildon looked thoroughly annoyed by the intrusion and Harbury could not contain his delight . |
| 11 | Knight bannerets of the king 's household stopped them but Cranston muttered a few words and they let him by . |