Example sentences of "[verb] [art] few [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also known as Alphabet City , or Loisaida to the Hispanics whose numbers dominate the area , it lies a few blocks north of Little Italy , the spiritual home of the Mafia , and a few blocks south of the East Village , where New York beatniks gave birth to our modern global drug subculture . |
| 2 | Toftingall , which lies a few miles south from the village of Watten , was one of the first Caithness lochs we fished . |
| 3 | It is now the moose-hunting season — not a safe time to be creeping through the woods on a wild wolf chase , and so unless someone shoots her , Ylva has a few weeks grace . |
| 4 | and then only had it four years , but I used to it was , it 's such a waste that washing machine , I think maybe I 've done a few shirts hand washing and all the water , whereas in the twin tub I 'd of done the light weights , heated the water up done the shirts and , erm , got the put in , maybe towels and then I 'd put , re-heat the water if , if it was n't really soiled and I could do either all the dogs stuff or , or my dusters |
| 5 | ‘ Aa lend a few frae roundabout . |
| 6 | Indeed the great legal code of King Hammurabi found it necessary to include a few consumer protection laws governing the sale of alcoholic beverages . |
| 7 | One of the wonder boys we sold a few years back was Ian Snodin , to Everton . |
| 8 | Sanders ca n't be all that interested in the Plan if he takes a few days vacation rather than give the presentation . |
| 9 | Get a few nibbles sort of like couple of days before like er cos if Kim comes I 'll do like I did last year , just a little buffet tea . |
| 10 | Knit a few inches background . |
| 11 | In August one year he spent a few days holiday at Saxon-les-Bains in the Rhone Valley , where he had an interest in a fruit preserving factory . |
| 12 | In Dyfed ( formerly Pembrokeshire ) Hancock et al. ( 1983 ) locate the Variscan Front in a zone of conjugate folds and thrusts a few miles north of the Johnston Thrust . |
| 13 | His eyes went a few degrees cooler . |
| 14 | About a week before Michael was due to go back into hospital , we managed a few days holiday in the Lake District . |
| 15 | But it was a fun film , it only took a few days work — and I got to meet Mick Jagger ! ’ |
| 16 | At the same time , we need to make sure we respect people 's desire to have a few moments quietness immediately before and after worship . |
| 17 | Okay , do n't forget to have a few days break over Christmas , do n't work all the time , have a jolly good time . |
| 18 | ‘ Ca n't a woman get a few hours sleep of an after-noon ? ’ the slattern inquired of Didier . |
| 19 | Before you reach for your collecting tins let me say they develop a good wheeze of taking in gullible Western guests and faking a few midnight tiger sightings with the aid of a collection of clockwork beasts and some carefully concealed tapes . |
| 20 | They had they had a few minutes silence for him when he died down Framlingham . |
| 21 | He had a few days growth of stubble but something about him was fundamentally clean cut . |
| 22 | Think the closing dates a few days time is n't it ? |
| 23 | The boss knew I was worked to death , and not wanting to lose me said , ‘ Mick , you take a few days rest . |
| 24 | Just to say a few words fire as usual he did n't actually those those to erm . |
| 25 | Surplus component boards etc. are most useful if they contain expensive semiconductors , and are probably something that are best left to those who have a few years experience of electronics behind them . |
| 26 | I bet they have a few Sony Walkman 's disappear . |
| 27 | He left the corner and trekked a few blocks east until he found a bar , where he put two bourbons down his throat , and wished to his core that alcohol and not the opposite sex had been his addiction . |
| 28 | When you visit the ancient university town of Cambridge and enjoy the historic college buildings along the River Cam , you should not fail to travel a few miles south to Audley End House in neighbouring Essex . |
| 29 | Henry VIII impressed the Continent , in the midsummer of 1520 , at the ‘ Field of the Cloth of Gold ’ held a few miles south of Calais , and which lasted four weeks with jousts , summit talks , banquets and entertainment . |