Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A wall goes down from the road straight as a die to Ease Gill and a walk alongside leads in a few minutes to a small hole in the ground that opens into lengthy passages below : this is Short Drop Cave . |
| 2 | Frantic attempts to have my bags recalled came to nought and by half-past-one the Taiwan Timberland lookalikes hit deep slush at Torino after a salivating glimpse of Monte Bianco and blanketed environs a few feet to the left wingtip. 10 December must have been a great day for skiing . |
| 3 | And when Mrs Amabel Dallam remembered to pay her for all those wedding chemises she might just take a few shillings to a certain bazaar in Leeds where she 'd heard good dress-lengths were to be had at bargain prices and make herself a new dress for Christmas . |
| 4 | Nikita Sergeyevich asked to be allowed to say a few words to the Central Committee plenum that would be held immediately afterwards . |
| 5 | If you choose to , you can blow this whole thing sky-high , just with a few words to the wrong people . ’ |
| 6 | Whether we should be saying and saying District Council be requested to amend the local plan as suggested in paragraph two four two nine five and then nu number two would be there adding a few words to the original number one . |
| 7 | She hurried along the path , past matching stone lions , up a few stairs to the imposing door . |
| 8 | There are a few additions to the original game which add a little spice to the proceedings , and it 's quite possible to waste an hour before you realise it . |
| 9 | There are a few exceptions to the general rule that no one can make a transfer of goods who is not the owner . |
| 10 | If she needs nursing care , arrangements can sometimes be made for her to be admitted for a few weeks to the local hospital on medical recommendation . |
| 11 | The smooth-phrased B.B.C. announcer , the amusing don , the self-confident politician , the jargon-perfect critic , the editor of the literary magazine — all are reducible within a few months to a bewildered defensive creature with hollow cheeks and desperate eyes whose only cares will be to see that he gets his fair share of the potato ration , that nobody steals his bed boards , and that he exchanges his cigarette ends for food or vice versa at the best possible price . |
| 12 | The contract should have been drafted to take account of United Kingdom law , it was simply not good enough to make a few modifications to an American form of contract . |
| 13 | A few paces to the right Yuan was flexing arm and shoulder muscles as if to ease some strain or tension , and Rostov wondered if the assassins knew how fast a Manchu could move when the need arose . |