Example sentences of "[art] few [noun] and " in BNC.

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1 Her suitcase was still sitting on the bed , with the few clothes and belongings she had brought with her piled into it .
2 During which the authorities relax even the few laws and rules that normally exist .
3 Well , keep awake for the few minutes and you might derive a little comfort from knowing what scientists can and ( more important ) can not do .
4 The WI were magnificent and provided thousands of lunches ; the Red Cross picked up the few casualties and stragglers ; and children along the route played welcome hosepipes on the passing riders .
5 The few hill-walkers and climbers that fancy a weekend away in February certainly do n't bring enough custom to keep the hotel owners in beaten copper coffee tables and onyx standard lamps .
6 She saw Alexei , paused and smiled , and then descended the few steps and came towards him .
7 His mother had spoken to Mr McDoodle , who owned one of the few horse and carts in the village , asking him if he could take Endill to the nearest train station which was over the hills in the town of Moorloch .
8 She could hardly hear them because of the din , and the few words and phrases that she did catch — ‘ tolerances to five thou ’ , ‘ cross-boring ’ , ‘ CNC machine ’ , ‘ indexes round ’ — meant nothing to her .
9 Apart from the few wives and daughters of master printers who had picked up something of the trade in the family firm , the first women compositors in Britain to receive anything like a " systematic training " were apparently taken on by the firm of McCorquodale of Newton-le-Willows in about 1848.12 It was a little-known experiment that did not last .
10 Yet the reality is starkly different , with loss-making occupancy levels and recession-restrained spending by the few business and leisure tourists that can be attracted now , at little more than cost , due to the fierce competition in this thin market .
11 Others would be borne by the few feminists and freaks who preferred girls , for the whole thing would be voluntary ; no compulsion would be needed ; PopCon 's research had been thorough .
12 The place itself , the arrangement of those low , recently rebuilt stone farms and the few mud and wattle cottages , the eternal comfort of the lake 's shape and colours which seemed not to mirror but to temper her mood , the rise of fells which gave her sensibility its reach .
13 The few references and scraps of information we have about the very early recruits suggests that these may have included more girls of middle-class origin and certainly some from orphanages and boarding-schools — girls sometimes from middle-class families fallen on hard times .
14 A wind was gathering at the coast , preparing to sweep across the fields , lean against the few trees and race on over the road , across to the far side of the island .
15 Instead he pushed his way into the small lounge and rapidly began sorting through the few books and papers she had left lying on the table .
16 After dinner they had got lost , because Betty had fallen asleep and failed to note the few signposts and correlate them with the route on the map .
17 The feathers floated away from him on the light breeze , catching at the grey budding branches of the tree beneath him , drifting down to where the few Men and People who were there looked helplessly up .
18 Iskandara picked up the few envelopes and looked at them disinterestedly .
19 Perhaps she , also , was leaving a few secrets and a few memories behind .
20 But in the massive ballroom across the way there were only a few chairs and a sideboard or two , and even on a dismal day the light had fallen on the intricate design of a wooden parquet floor and pretty chiaroscuro frescoes painted into the panels of gracefully arched walls .
21 It was empty apart from a few chairs and a couple of tables .
22 If you give yourself a shake , change your seating position slightly , open the clear vision panel for some fresh air , change hands on the stick for a few moments and have a sweet or drink , you can snap out of it and start to work normally again .
23 He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news .
24 Howard thought for a few moments and then said , ‘ I think I know what time the next plane leaves for London . ’
25 Nigel considered this for a few moments and then he said , ‘ Tell you what .
26 The calling continued for a few moments and then , with a cry of ‘ bitch ’ , to her horror , Nicky Scott Wilson began to make the most blood-curdling noise as he bayed her name to the night sky , like a wolf .
27 They rolled around on the ground together for a few moments and then the boy 's mother came out and gave him Sergeant 's leash .
28 When a dog does start to show signs of becoming difficult about a visit to the surgery , you may want to arrange with your vet simply to walk up to the waiting room , pause here for a few moments and then return home .
29 He went out for a few moments and stood on the steps between the Greek pillars , looking in the direction of the Residency for any sign of movement .
30 Patrick hovered around the door for a few moments and then finally decided to brazen it out .
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