Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CROSS A FAST TYPIST WITH A WINDOWS WORD PROCESSOR AND THE CHANCES ARE YOU 'LL SEE SOME WAILING AND GNASHING OF TEETH AS THE PROGRAM CHUGS ALONG A FEW PACES BEHIND THE USER . |
| 2 | Sam Baker QC ( almost ) from number 113a had suggested that he ‘ bring along a few bottles of my Australian Chardonnay ’ but no one could face the prospect of being talked through another glass of uniquely flinty , resonantly expressive Murray River Chardonnay by Sam Baker QC ( almost ) . |
| 3 | Two thousand years ago a sex manual written in China laid down a few guidelines for gauging a woman 's sexual characteristics from a careful study of her face . |
| 4 | DURING THE UUAC GENERAL STRIKE THESE AIRCRAFT WERE TOUCHING DOWN EVERY FEW MINUTES AT ALDERGROVE AIRPORT IN THE LARGEST AIR AND SEA MOVEMENT OF TROOPS UNDERTAKEN BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SINCE THE SUEZ OPERATION TWENTY-ONE YEARS EARLIER . |
| 5 | The process is painfully laborious , but with every announcement , IBM Corp is getting closer to acquiring the competitive edge that is the difference between survival and oblivion in the Unix business , and yesterday the company filled in a few gaps in its RS/6000 line , the most challenging development being a wind up of the clock on the single-chip Rios processor to create a 45MHz Model 230 , which starts at just $4,800 . |
| 6 | The process is painfully laborious , but with every announcement , IBM Corp is getting closer to acquiring the competitive edge that is the difference between survival and oblivion in the Unix business , and last week the company filled in a few gaps in its RS/6000 line , the most challenging development being a wind up of the clock on the single-chip Rios processor to create a 45MHz Model 230 , which starts at just $4,800 . |
| 7 | I mean I 've filled in a few forms for them but I mean probably you 're a passive owner like me in the sense that I do n't go and actively trade them , er I keep them in a long term investment , and that 's it . |
| 8 | Bravd , galloping along a few feet away , nodded . |
| 9 | But one day he made the mistake , at least from his point of view , of bringing along a few tapes of his favourite soul and reggae music . |
| 10 | Jess said , climbing down a few rungs . |
| 11 | It helps to ask the client 's permission to jot down a few facts . |
| 12 | It is useful to jot down a few examples under each point as this aids understanding and memory . |
| 13 | When the temperature cooled down a few minutes later Gallacher headed to the referee 's dressing room to apologise . |
| 14 | I WAS IN the office checking over a few invoices and trying to locate the squeak on my swivel chair when the phone rang . |
| 15 | I tried to come off a few times , y'know , off me own bat , like , but there was too much of it around . |
| 16 | The dog moved off a few paces and turned back , wagging his tail anxiously . |
| 17 | It is sometimes very difficult indeed not to be very cross , and there have been some occasions when I have had to go and chop up a few logs in order to abate my own aggression before replying . |
| 18 | I think she 's picked up a few pointers , like how to chop an onion and how to dissolve an Oxo cube . |
| 19 | He 'd obviously picked up a few tips from the paperbacks , because he spun these stories out like a kid pulling on chewing-gum . |
| 20 | So it is n't a bad idea at this stage of the season for us to conjure up a few exercises to test receding intellectual fibre . |
| 21 | We could hang up a few politicians too. , ‘ There 's that farmer who used a plough with horses . |
| 22 | What I would like to do with the financi financial commentary , is because it is , is an historic document , I would like to pull out a few plums which we can team brief . |
| 23 | He staggered back a few steps and , massaging his face , mumbled in complete astonishment to nobody in particular : ‘ He hit me ! ’ |
| 24 | In his office an anxious Herr Nordern gouged out a few marks from unenthusiastic colleagues for a wreath for Steinmark 's funeral . |
| 25 | Because this is England 's last match for at least 3 ½ months , Robson had to balance his desire to try out a few options with the need to retain the basic framework of his World Cup team . |
| 26 | I saw her knock back a few glasses but never saw her tight ! |
| 27 | A year or two ago I would have believed him , and maybe the truth would have come out a few months later . |
| 28 | He moved back a few paces and , without pausing to think , took a running leap out into the chasm between the two houses . |
| 29 | She crashed out a few chords and started to talk to us in a different voice through her ‘ control ’ , who was ( of course ) , a Red Indian — White Cloud or Black Feet or something like that . |
| 30 | We 've picked out a few packages from the Windows range , more or less at random , just to whet your appetite . |