Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their way of life involved annual circuits from one seasonal hunting ground to another , using the few materials available to them — stone , clay , bone , skins , sinews , and a little driftwood timber — with dog sledges for transport . |
| 2 | This exemplary logic completed , it was another few breathless minutes before she found the necessary strength to contemplate walking the few feet to join Roman 's laughing , relaxed presence at the breakfast-table . |
| 3 | I took a deep breath of cool air before diving into the blast of heat and walking the few steps to the house . |
| 4 | Walking the few steps to the dressing table , she picked it up . |
| 5 | Absorbing the few staff children only involves the school in small extra costs such as food and laundry . |
| 6 | If possible , either the hall porter or receptionist will escort the guests to their room offering to carry any hand luggage and walking a few steps ahead to open any doors . |
| 7 | Andrew was always with her , walking a few steps out of her reach . |
| 8 | Sometimes a placenta simply lifted out but I had this one away from the cotyledons one by one , returning every few minutes to the hot water and antiseptic to re-soap my aching arms . |
| 9 | His work affects me the same way — which is why I bought that painting a few years ago . |
| 10 | Knowing him , he is already keeping a few options open : polishing up his cover-drives and even experimenting , after watching Mushtaq , with legspinners and googlies . |
| 11 | Keeping a few cards up your sleeve . |
| 12 | The sun is setting now , midnight sun ending a few weeks before , but it only disappears for an hour and even then it leaves behind its mark of golden twilight . |
| 13 | Preparing for this Assembly involves much more than booking a few halls and sending out invitations . |
| 14 | Some day the boffins 'll make games with massive levels , innovative features , loads to see and do , much more than blasting a few planes and balloons . ’ |
| 15 | Richard had only been climbing a few months , but he was as strong as an ox and had no respect for tradition ( he did n't know all the horror stories ) . |
| 16 | After driving a few miles along what seemed an endless avenue of poplars we crossed the Taro , at this time of year a dry riverbed , by a long bridge with marble statues of reclining river gods and goddesses at either end . |
| 17 | I would like to thank them all for their gifts and their good wishes , ’ said Dorothy , who is looking forward to cultivating a few hobbies now that she has more time . |
| 18 | Vologsky increased his pace , momentarily , gaining a few feet so that he could look back at Kirov 's grim face . |
| 19 | If I were a member of a species , highly evolved and perfectly adapted to a life among craggy rocks , pecking out the odd lamb 's eye , devouring a few mice , picking through a nice gamey carcass occasionally , but mostly just hovering gracefully around on thermals below cliffs , I would take great exception to being described as ‘ just ’ a crow . |
| 20 | mhm And I suppose in the old days if you actually wanted to know which books were popular and which books were not used at all , you had to a library and to painstakingly look through the shelves , perhaps , and look at the date stamps or something like that , whereas now presumably it 's just a question of pressing a few buttons and the information comes . |
| 21 | mhm And I suppose in the old days if you actually wanted to know which books were popular and which books were not used at all you had to send a librarian to painstakingly look through the shelves , perhaps , and look at the date stamps or something like that , whereas now it 's presumably just a question of pressing a few buttons and the information comes . |
| 22 | Immediately pressing a few flowers from this bouquet will ensure that they are preserved while in top condition , and mean that the remaining flowers can be enjoyed in a colourful arrangement . |
| 23 | Howard looks down at his plate , grinning , and pressing a few crumbs of cheese on to his fingers to nibble . |
| 24 | The Clio reaches us in perfect condition , excepting a few scuffs on the steel wheel trims . |
| 25 | Then the wind rose , fanning the few sparks left alive in the brushwood ; the fire flared into life again and gave them light to see by , and they broke apart from their terrible embraces and sprang off to blade-length and lance-length . |
| 26 | The grandparent could have been living a few houses away . |
| 27 | An isolated curate who wanted knowledge found himself living a few yards from a man who at first sight was an explosive popular preacher , but who happened also to be one of the coming academic theologians of England , and an inciter of younger minds . |
| 28 | An interesting effect can be obtained by brushing a few strokes of water onto the paper and drawing over the top . |
| 29 | An interesting effect can be obtained by brushing a few strokes of water onto the paper and drawing over the top . |
| 30 | Once Edouard was out of sight , he turned away from the window thoughtfully , brushing a few flecks of dandruff absent-mindedly from the shoulders of his suit . |