Example sentences of "to [art] [noun sg] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her friend 's well-known bluntness had been to the fore a few days ago , when she 'd discovered Laura sobbing quietly in her bedroom . |
| 2 | Before they could reach him , however , he was borne aloft like a javelin and carried to the quayside a few yards away where he was dumped unceremoniously into the murky waters to a great cheer from those who were close enough to witness the event . |
| 3 | With painful slowness it carried him to the station a few miles from his home . |
| 4 | Gloria had taken Dot to the cinema a few times . |
| 5 | It showed again on a second test-firing on 25 January and was finally traced to the manifold a few days later . |
| 6 | I went back to the optician a few days after the lenses were fitted . |
| 7 | ‘ IT MUST have been a big blow to the Dublin Theatre Festival ’ is not the thing to say to Tony O'Dalaigh who , as director of the festival must have imagined major profits blowing away as the Archaos tent took to the sky a few days before the French circus was due to perform . |
| 8 | At the climax to the debate a few minutes ago the hon. Member for Cunninghame , South ( Mr. Lambie ) was addressing a single Labour Back Bencher . |
| 9 | rachel says she learnt to ski with Chantelle at Gloucester five years ago … she has been out to the snow a few times this season and to be good you have to be able to get out there but this slope is good … and almost like the real thing |
| 10 | A black cab drew in to the pavement a few yards ahead of them . |
| 11 | We came to the chute a few days later . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , I went to the flat a few times . |
| 13 | Neighbour Eleanor Kane said : ‘ I did n't know the young woman but the police have been to the flat a few times . ’ |
| 14 | Dr Pirnia came to the palace a few days before the departure to say goodbye to the Queen . |
| 15 | On her return to the party a few minutes later , she almost bumped into James , who placed his clammy hands on her bare shoulders and squeezed them . |
| 16 | She saw Ross Aldridge , whom she knew slightly from when he 'd processed her shotgun licence application , and wondered for a moment if the rumour was true about how he and his wife had moved to the area a few months after their baby had died . |
| 17 | Later vehicles have a braided earth lead running to the body a few inches from the motor . |
| 18 | She had Elisa taken to her car to be driven to the house a few streets away . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's what I was on about , Boyo , ’ Taff answered , pointing to the spot a few yards away where the mortar team had been this morning . |
| 20 | The solution sometimes adopted is to send the article to the Attorney-General a few days prior to its intended publication . |
| 21 | In that advocacy , he was subsequently to acknowledge he had been unaware of the problems arising from the Cambridge Board 's maturing plans for such appointments and the issue of providing powers which were to become particularly difficult and threatening to the District a few years later . |
| 22 | Things came to a head a few weeks before Christmas , when Mazzin decided it would be fun to frogmarch us to and from the bathroom . |
| 23 | And on a er visit to a museum a few weeks later he also discovered flying boots of exact prints he 'd seen on the wet floor . |
| 24 | He waited till they slowed to a stop a few feet away and a voice said , ‘ Joe ? |
| 25 | Ace caught it , almost pulled Defries from her perch , released it , and rolled to a stop a few metres further down the slope . |
| 26 | Once , he galloped straight towards them but came to a stop a few yards away , rearing on his hind legs before continuing his wild circling . |
| 27 | ‘ Ideally we would like to go back to a site a few months after installation , for a meeting with senior management to show them how they can take advantage of the system , ’ Chudley says . |
| 28 | The latest 280sq miles of fields stretch from the Red Wharf Bay area of Anglesey to a point a few miles from Crosby . |
| 29 | You , you did give once to a group a few years ago . |
| 30 | As they drew closer , they could see that the sides of the surrounding containers were covered with a gleaming wetness , spattered to a height a few feet above their heads . |