Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She turned to march away but got only a few inches before she was hauled back . |
| 2 | His geographically-based nomenclature was however superseded by that devised only a few years later by Giovanni Riccioli , a Jesuit priest . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In Germany solo song was neglected altogether and even the influences of villanella and madrigal penetrated only a few years earlier than in England , in the first place through Lassus and two Netherland protégés of his : Ivo de Vento ( d. 1575 ) and Jacob Regnart ( c. 1540–1599 ) . |
| 5 | Furthermore , the fact that the exhibition was organized to show the successive stages through which Cubism had passed indicates that the painters were attempting to make their work as comprehensible as possible to the public , and their purpose must have been further served by the demonstration of the affinities between Cubism and the more readily understandable paintings of other artists who shared only a few of their pictorial concerns . |
| 6 | Scratches made only a few minutes before . |
| 7 | His voice on that last telephone call came back to her , made only a few days before he disappeared . |
| 8 | In 1961 , the President made only a few shadowy and conventional gestures to the black community . |
| 9 | So do we understand from that that in the event it made only a few seconds difference , if at all ? |
| 10 | There were no preparations at Thornfield , and no visits to the Ingram family , who lived only a few miles away . |
| 11 | As has been seen , while the Napier Commission favoured the enlargement of the crofts to improve their economic viability , the legislation passed only a few years later tended instead to perpetuate them in their existing form . |
| 12 | But that was not all : Mr Browning said Mr Landor 's rooms were all to be painted , carpeted and furnished and that he thought her own quarters might at least be painted if she contributed only a little to the cost . |
| 13 | The same chapter in Chronic Diseases highlights this thus ‘ In taking one and the same medicine repeatedly ( which is indispensable to secure the cure of a serious chronic disease ) , if the dose is in every case varied and modified only a little in its degree of dynamization , then the vital force of the patient will calmly , and as it were willingly receive the same medicine even at brief intervals very many times in succession with the best results , every time increasing the well-being of the patient . ’ |
| 14 | These qualification courses form a greater proportion of the total training carried out by the libraries who listed only a few programmes for 1984/5 ( see Table 9 ) , in general tending to constitute the main type of development training for non-professionals , especially in smaller libraries . |
| 15 | In the water I found only a few coins because the beach dropped off quite steeply into the water , making it difficult to detect . |
| 16 | When the temperature cooled down a few minutes later Gallacher headed to the referee 's dressing room to apologise . |
| 17 | But the pressure is on to re-create past glories , to think big like the extraordinary Grand Hotel in East Berlin , built just a few years ago . |
| 18 | The year 's prize crisis occurred just a few days later , when the German battleship Leipzig visited the city . |
| 19 | But Springbok officials and security officers at the club gave a different version of the incident which occurred just a few hours after the team had arrived . |
| 20 | He opened the connecting door to the garage and stepped quickly into the darkness , feeling his way around the car and to the sliding door , which he moved open a few inches , allowing himself to slip out into the night . |
| 21 | Amongst those who have fallen prey to their charms are none other than the Beaujolais Brothers , who whisked the merry troupe off to their chateau and cracked open a few bottles of ultra-rare white Beaujolais Nouveau . |
| 22 | The dog moved off a few paces and turned back , wagging his tail anxiously . |
| 23 | Another is expressing controversial opinions , so we obligingly lined up a few that focus on guitars and amps … . |
| 24 | Another is expressing controversial opinions , so we obligingly lined up a few that focus on guitars and amps … . |
| 25 | Erm I just moved probably a half a pace so P C would get exactly the same view as myself . |
| 26 | He staggered back a few steps and , massaging his face , mumbled in complete astonishment to nobody in particular : ‘ He hit me ! ’ |
| 27 | In his office an anxious Herr Nordern gouged out a few marks from unenthusiastic colleagues for a wreath for Steinmark 's funeral . |
| 28 | He moved back a few paces and , without pausing to think , took a running leap out into the chasm between the two houses . |
| 29 | She crashed out a few chords and started to talk to us in a different voice through her ‘ control ’ , who was ( of course ) , a Red Indian — White Cloud or Black Feet or something like that . |
| 30 | ‘ I found out a few weeks ago that the canon there says prayers for John every day . ’ |