Example sentences of "and only a few [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all the ditches I 'd waded through I was n't going to be defeated now — and only a few yards ahead was the blessed sea . |
| 2 | Rightly , because there was no easy link to be made and only a few years previously the best criminologists were explaining the increase in crime as an inevitable consequence of prosperity . |
| 3 | Situated directly on the promenade and only a few steps away from the boat departure point , this beautiful art-nouveau building has been lovingly restored to combine the old style will all the comforts of a modern hotel . |
| 4 | Although OSS was no more , the idea of having some form of intelligence agency to operate abroad had taken root and only a few months later Truman changed his mind . |
| 5 | There was only minimal violence during the game ( provided courtesy of Clare ‘ Tango ’ Herrington ) and only a few excuses afterwards . |
| 6 | A man who may be described as a little eccentric , he suffers from angina , and only a few weeks previously had taken ill with an attack while on holiday in Majorca . |
| 7 | It will be the first time that the Unita leader has met a British minister , and only a few days ago the Angolan ambassador in London was assured by a Foreign Office official that there were no plans for such a meeting . |