Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , pretending for a moment that he was back there , he would turn round and face the back of his cage , open his wings , and glide down the few feet to where his food lay on the ground , pretending that it was prey and that the few feet was hundreds of feet , and that he could feel strong winds on his wings and was an adult eagle , and free , free to fly where he liked . |
| 2 | DURING THE UUAC GENERAL STRIKE THESE AIRCRAFT WERE TOUCHING DOWN EVERY FEW MINUTES AT ALDERGROVE AIRPORT IN THE LARGEST AIR AND SEA MOVEMENT OF TROOPS UNDERTAKEN BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SINCE THE SUEZ OPERATION TWENTY-ONE YEARS EARLIER . |
| 3 | Listen to talks — read articles — then jot down a few headings on what message is being conveyed . |
| 4 | Loosen the holes slightly by moving arms and legs up and down a few times . |
| 5 | They swing to the top of the backswing and then practise with the left arm bouncing the club up and down a few times so that there is a feeling of taking control of the downswing and the right shoulder not wanting to push . |
| 6 | When the temperature cooled down a few minutes later Gallacher headed to the referee 's dressing room to apologise . |
| 7 | And just sort of write down a few expression and then think ah that 's not right or yes that 's |
| 8 | Okay , so she 's gone down a few orifices in her time , but if anyone calls her a hookworm I 'll burst their intestines . |
| 9 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 times . |
| 10 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 11 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 30 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 12 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 30 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 13 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 14 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times . |
| 15 | The decorations shone on the walls and I loosened the buttons of my tunic and slipped my tie down a few inches . |
| 16 | At first the simple machines available could only detect down a few inches , and — amongst other operating difficulties — encounters with tufts of grass caused them to constantly give off false signals . |
| 17 | I took down a few reference numbers from a noticeboard headed ‘ Cleaning ’ and then waited for my turn . |
| 18 | Slugs can be a menace in the greenhouse in winter so put down a few slug pellets . |
| 19 | If you ca n't get more heat up there , let us move the games room down a few floors . " |
| 20 | The whole school was closed down a few years ago . |
| 21 | I think I settled down a few years back . |
| 22 | The new methods of mass production , were unsuccessful and was closed down a few years later . |
| 23 | I think they closed it down a few years later . |
| 24 | For now , let's begin by jotting down a few ideas for sequences to make a Christmas movie . |
| 25 | Sitting down with a slip of graph paper and jotting down a few ideas will help , you make sense of your thoughts . |
| 26 | If you could just jot down a few ideas that . |
| 27 | Two thousand years ago a sex manual written in China laid down a few guidelines for gauging a woman 's sexual characteristics from a careful study of her face . |
| 28 | Jess said , climbing down a few rungs . |
| 29 | She eased herself down a few rungs , praying it would n't collapse under her . |
| 30 | She had to take a walk down a short corridor from the main hallway , go down a few steps to the kitchen . |