Example sentences of "[noun] [art] few [noun] and " in BNC.
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1 | A few of his fellow citizens would wait until the train was about to depart , nobble him and throw him on the train , slip the guards a few dollars and wave goodbye . |
2 | Rincewind stood up as slowly as he dared , and drew from his belt the short sword he had taken from the guard a few hours and a hundred years ago . |
3 | Outside the circle a few mounds and stones were all that remained of the huddle of huts that had once crowded under the broch 's protection . |
4 | They thump your chest a few times and call the old crash unit and then they grope around for your pulse , but it 's a very amateurish affair really . ’ |
5 | In the dry season , groups of families travel out into the forest , moving camp every few days and living off wild foods , thus more uniformly exploiting the environment at a time of scarcity and the risk of irreversible depletion of the local forest . |
6 | Females do that , dump their dead skin every few months and start again . ’ |
7 | He simply shook his head a few times and went on grinning . |
8 | He practised the phrase a few times and then stuffed the book back in the outside pocket of his jacket . |
9 | Your best bet is to feed a leaf or two of blanched lettuce or spinach every few days and let them browse on it . |
10 | Give Whelan a few games and Deane something to think about while he 's on the bench . |
11 | At the western end of the bay a few houses and Ireland 's smallest church , measuring 12ft by 6ft , make up the picturesque hamlet of Partbraddan . |
12 | The Sparcserver 10 introduces a compact new version of the desktop pizza box enclosure : by lowering the bottom of the pizza box a few millimetres and stacking MBus and SBus expansion slots , SMCC engineers have created a more powerful desktop server with the same footprint as the Sparcserver 2 but with up to five times the applications throughput , five times the memory capacity , double the disk storage and 25% more expansion capacity . |
13 | He cleared his throat a few times and groaned like an aged dog in pain . |
14 | So , if the retailer moves the tea or coffee every few weeks and replaces it with another product ( perhaps one that does n't sell as well ) he can bring it to the customer 's attention . |
15 | It meant driving up to the London Passport Office a few times and waiting around there for interminable periods , but I hoped that it was going to be worth it . |
16 | I 'm very upfront about being happily married — I 've brought Nick into the office a few times and I mention him in conversation whenever it 's appropriate . |
17 | Storms Morrissey , at No 23 in the charts with former band The Smiths ' This Charming Man : ‘ I 've met Vic Reeves a few times and I ca n't believe he 'd do something so hurtful . |