Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [verb] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may be able to ease the tension somewhat by taking a few deep breaths but you will do even better if you are someone who regularly practises some form of relaxation . |
| 2 | In writing , you will discover what can and can not be done , and then perhaps you will have to modify your attention-grabbing murder , if only by having a few fewer porcupine quills . |
| 3 | Peter Shepherd ( Durham ) followed just behind locating a few small roach among the gudgeon shoal for 6–9–0 from Jimmy Messor ( Dunelm ) 6lb . |
| 4 | But if we behave normally like saying a few words to each other , the supervisors start shouting and harassing us . |
| 5 | He 's not above stealing a few of her mature cheeses and selling them . |
| 6 | Nicola 's parents stayed at her bedside until 2.30am before snatching a few hours ' sleep in a room at the hospital . |
| 7 | It was n't , blast it , one of those back seats that turn into a double bed or a discotheque just by twiddling a few knobs and wrenching your spine out of joint . |
| 8 | Weathered clay barley-sugar edgings finish off a path or flowerbed with a crisply period touch , but aside from shoving a few in your handbag next time you visit Mount Stewart , they tend to be hard to find . |
| 9 | They say that aside from getting a few noses out of joint at Microsoft Corp , enough people felt BillyGram was a silly name and would prevent it from being taken seriously . |
| 10 | ‘ As Emporio spreads and grows , I will concentrate more on doing a few limited pieces for the special clients who buy my signature line , ’ he smiles , betraying a special fondness for those who grudge no expense for a new take on a shoulder-line , a fresh twist to this year 's lapel that simply can not be copied in a less fluid fabric at a lower price . |
| 11 | LABOUR 'S Nigel Griffiths checked out claims of computer game rip-offs yesterday by going a few rounds with Sega 's Sonic The Hedgehog . |
| 12 | According to the government , many households could cut their fuel bills by 20 per cent or more by adopting a few " straightforward and inexpensive " measures . |
| 13 | Ready salted : keep salt free-running and prevent the cellar from clogging up by putting a few rice grains in with the salt . |
| 14 | The first time I get on , it is often after spending a few hours with them , and I kinda transfer over from the stable door to their backs . ’ |
| 15 | I find my listening springs best out of reading a few verses from Scripture . |
| 16 | NIRVANA — banned from playing their X-Rated anti-rape song , Rape Me — got their own back by playing a few bars , before launching into their latest hit , Smells Like Teen Spirit . |
| 17 | So er , it only takes you a second to er copy from an adjacent cell but it could take you a minute or two to get that formula working again if it 's not copyable , erm , it would probably only takes you an extra few seconds er when you 're actually building the formula to make it , copyable in the first place so it 's well worth investing a few extra seconds up front to save you maybe a minute or so later on . |
| 18 | It is well worth spending a few minutes setting up the rails and lace carriage to see how it works even if you do n't want to knit with them at present . |
| 19 | We 're well worth spending a few hours over this , I think . |
| 20 | Some hairdressers charge extra for this but it 's well worth paying a few pounds for . |
| 21 | Even after adding a few extras such as salt £14 , a thermometer £1.25 and a hydrometer £3.50 , I was still left with a small margin . |
| 22 | A Suffolk man said : ‘ My grandfather was a bit of a rough diamond , and he was n't above letting a few words fly in front of us children when he felt like it . |
| 23 | At Beechgrove we have a well-established standard fuchsia , ‘ Dollar Princess ’ , with cerise sepals and a deep purple corolla , but Bill has done well in training a few new standards this summer and intends to give them early protection this year . |
| 24 | ‘ You should have thought twice before avenging a few unpleasant truths , my lady . ’ |
| 25 | So what , for goodness ' sake , was she doing letting this heaven-sent chance slip by without asking a few pertinent questions ? |
| 26 | Given the choice , she 'd really rather have had an assignment in Outer Mongolia or possibly Timbuktu — maybe by putting a few thousand miles between herself and Dane she 'd manage to get him out of her mind . |
| 27 | And instead of having a few puffs and , and saving and throwing two dog ends away you did n't see that , they 'd just break it in half and have half each . |
| 28 | Amstrad has held its CPC prices constant for over five years now , apart from throwing a few extra baubles ( joystick , games ) into the mix . |
| 29 | Although the endless state visits to Harare or Mauretania always climaxed with the publication of pompous declarations and assertions that trade was going to increase by generous percentages within a few years , the consequences of these visits were negligible apart from providing a few more exhibits for the trophy rooms in Bucharest . |
| 30 | When finance became available to complete the park in a traditional gardenesque manner , there was so much opposition that , apart from surfacing a few paths and strengthening the natural scrub , it was left . |