Example sentences of "[verb] [art] few [noun pl] [adj] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | He walked down the quay without looking back , but he must have known I was watching him for he stopped a few yards short of his car and very ostentatiously took the incriminating chart from his jacket pocket . |
| 4 | The heyday of Meccano 's Dinky vehicles was the Fifties and early Sixties , when a standard boxed Dinky car cost a few shillings new . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Erm you were telling me when we had the preliminary interview about erm what happened a few months prior to the disturbances that occurred in the late Summer . |
| 7 | Next , select a few races prior to your target race that will serve as your short-term goals and fitness checks . |
| 8 | I 've seen him play over the years er Mick , you know he 's er typical of player , we 've had him watched a few times this year , er scouts him er at Aston Villa , said he had a magnificent game . |
| 9 | A winter-flowering cherry , planted in memory of someone in a place I can not visit to water regularly , bit the dust last spring , but a replacement seems to have become established and even had a few blossoms this winter . |
| 10 | Given a few ideas either way on what a girl should do , I think family and friends should support her on her own decision . |
| 11 | Merson is controlling his diet and craving for fast-food in a bid to lose a few pounds excess weight , but spoke out yesterday to nail the lies that he has had a bust-up with George Graham over the battle of the bulge . |
| 12 | In fact Leamington got a few things wrong , because they 've now been taken over . |
| 13 | this case concerns a claim for pain and suffering lasting a few seconds prior to death arising from the hillsborough incident . |
| 14 | so if you 're staying a few nights some get some saved up do n't you ? |
| 15 | In a statement , the company said : All Meon Villas are inspected a few weeks prior to the start of each letting season , with particular emphasis on safety . |
| 16 | There was a long silence , apart from the creaking of Mr Nightingale 's chair as he swung a few degrees either way , frowning down at his desk top . |
| 17 | You 've got time to do a few things first . |
| 18 | Actually I 've been doing a few things this year when no one has recognised me and nobody knew . |
| 19 | Simply by filling in a form giving a few details such as variety of wheat to be grown , date of planting and previous cropping in the field , Davies and his colleagues can , with the addition of weather data fed in 365 days a year from 45 centres around the country , predict with unerring accuracy exactly when the farmer should spread his ‘ Nitram ’ to get the best results . |
| 20 | There will be a thermostat which can be set so that , if the temperature falls below 20°C , say , the heating is switched on , and if the temperature rises a few degrees higher , it is switched off . |
| 21 | Recorders and Assistant Recorders are senior barristers or solicitors who sit as judges a few weeks each year . |
| 22 | We are keen to run a few events next year outside Edinburgh , and a visit to the newish organisation EuroInfoCentre is also planned ( for 18th March ) . |
| 23 | I just have to read a few tabloids these days to get me going . |
| 24 | ‘ Could I have a few minutes alone with my client , please ? ’ |
| 25 | I suppose we must have a few cousins several times removed floating about somewhere or other , but I 've never heard of them . |
| 26 | We must try a few passes some time . ’ |
| 27 | Now we 'll try a few examples first . |
| 28 | Of these , in West Malaysia , two species roost singly in trees and ny short distances to feed upon trees which produce a few flowers all year round , and the third , Eonycteris spelaea , roosts , in large colonies in caves and can ny up to at least 35km from them to feed and take food from a wide range of flowers scattered in space and time . |
| 29 | The man smiled as if intrigued by Corbett , muttering a few words first in Portuguese and then in English . |
| 30 | JOE COONEY is determined to jog a few memories this afternoon at Croke Park . |