Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cramming her worn , out-moded bonnet on her head , she stuffed the few belongings she had unpacked back into the portmanteau . |
| 2 | In any case , he made feeble efforts to help me get him to his left foot , and with my almost total support he made the few hops to reach the boat , though I could see it hurt him sorely . |
| 3 | He read the few lines through , then closed his eyes for a moment before reading aloud . |
| 4 | He held out the salver to Galvone who took the sheet , unfolded it , read the few words on the paper and handed it to Hauser . |
| 5 | They checked the few patients in the waiting-room , and Kathleen got Amy to sort them into priority , talking through the decision-making process as she did so . |
| 6 | She then swept the kitchen floor , knowing her aunt would wish this to be done , and as she swished the few crumbs into the dustpan she heard Silas moving furniture in the dining-room . |
| 7 | That feat accomplished Eubank provided the few thrills against Thornton 's dogged , but unconvincing , attacks . |
| 8 | Intrigued , the aliens monitored the few lyrics they could hear rising up from this outdoor roller ritual . |
| 9 | William Horsley , 83 , was punched and kicked by the thug who snatched the few pounds he had on him . |
| 10 | But although Wordsworth contributed a few lines , he quickly realized that attempts at collaboration were once again bound to fail : ‘ … |
| 11 | It also provided a few snippets of absurd press . |
| 12 | It bounced a few yards ahead of the Hussars ' advance , then slammed into a wood where it tore and crashed through the thickly leaved branches . |
| 13 | ‘ I entered a few eisteddfods and competitions and did the exams but that was as far as I went . |
| 14 | I 've had a couple of letters asking me whether I ever managed to give up smoking as I promised a few months ago . |
| 15 | Okay we changed a few words just to fit the words we could find , but yes , we , we had about a minute at the end , we read it through , and yes , it was fine . |
| 16 | But I think the political climate on that changed a few years ago , when there was the big influx of heroin onto the market … . |
| 17 | He took up a pen and drew a few lines on a notepad — meaningless lines that irritated her as she watched . |
| 18 | Salmon , who was an intimate friend of Picasso 's at this time , described a few years later his restless state of mind : ‘ Picasso was unsettled . |
| 19 | All this under a Tory Government which admits its PSBR is to be double that proposed a few months ago . |
| 20 | Lepine took a cap , put on his Kodiak boots , and scrawled a few letters ; to two friends , and on to the public at large . |
| 21 | Unfortunately it crashed a few months later on a training mission in Scotland , when part of a Polish Squadron . |
| 22 | Her death rated a few lines in the papers , but the full significance of her passing went unreported . |
| 23 | The Ship rose a few feet , wobbling alarmingly . |
| 24 | In the dream , but not in memory , a mist rose a few feet above the surface of the water like a veil over a familiar face . |
| 25 | Home Office researcher Simon Field studied 40 years of statistics and found that when the temperature rose a few degrees Celsius above normal : |
| 26 | The pod temperature rose a few degrees more , and then levelled out . |
| 27 | In the centre of the clearing where they have stopped is a Red Indian wigwam , the one Odd-Knut erected a few days before . |
| 28 | ‘ Helen phoned a few times . |
| 29 | Below : The Nfis Slabs — descending them posed a few problems ( photos by the author ) . |
| 30 | Deal and Dover boats found a few codling at Fan Bay and other inshore marks . |