Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smashing through the few Night Goblins that remained to oppose them , Duregar and Belegar headed west . |
| 2 | After a few minutes work on both reins Skipper was going forward , with his brain between his ears . |
| 3 | After a few minutes Woodruffe said : ‘ You 've got your foot on the brake , Dudley . ’ |
| 4 | After a few minutes Crabb returned to the jetty for some extra weights to overcome his buoyancy and , having fitted these to his satisfaction , set off for the Russian cruiser . |
| 5 | After a few minutes Rose handed the paper back to him . |
| 6 | After a few minutes Jack groped for the bedside table . |
| 7 | The resultant online , interactive database is designed to be so easy to use that after a few minutes practice even novices can make very sophisticated searches and will have nearly instantaneous access to a vast storehouse of information hitherto accessible only after tedious , time-consuming and costly searches through individual issues . |
| 8 | After a few minutes Dieter 's car overtook them ; when they arrived at the auberge , it was parked in the shadows a short distance away with two dim shapes close together in the front seats . |
| 9 | After a few minutes Wednesday arrived with about ten boys , Mr Morraine and Matron . |
| 10 | After a few days Anne decided to go back to school . |
| 11 | But after a few days Mcduff lost interest . |
| 12 | In June 1176 Richard laid siege to Limoges ; after a few days resistance Aimar 's citadel capitulated . |
| 13 | But after a few days Clare began to worry . |
| 14 | It was a little short , but she managed quite well after a few practice steps . |
| 15 | After a few seconds Sandison said : ‘ Tell me about the Scots . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Please , Dana , do as I ask ; it 's important , ’ Claudia pleaded , and something in her manner must have got across , for after a few seconds Dana allowed herself to be led towards the café . |
| 17 | erm but after a few months dad gave it up cos it was erm too wet and that where weeds could grow easily |
| 18 | They turned left down a road and after a few paces Tom opened another gate into the field next to the graveyard . |
| 19 | I had to eventually sort it out after a few sorta threats off the bank . |
| 20 | After a few weeks newspapers lifted their ban on match reports , and while the war was waged on the front page , the struggle for League points gathered pace on the back . |
| 21 | Staring is one of the few things frogs are good at . |
| 22 | From the City came English Trust 's Susanna Todd , one of the few women directors of a merchant bank . |
| 23 | ‘ She was one of the few women Charles regarded as an equal , ’ one who witnessed their early meetings recalled . |
| 24 | This is one of the few Lakeland crags to face due north and receives virtually no sun whatsoever . |
| 25 | This is not really suited for binocular observation , but it is one of the few Mira variables easily found with binoculars when near maximum . |
| 26 | It was one of the few BBC radio shows which played to full houses . |
| 27 | He has achieved his success through his own talent , the support of his parents , and the skill and guidance of David Lloyd , the fiercely independent former British Davis Cup player whose mushrooming tennis centres have been one of the few success stories in British tennis in the last decade . |
| 28 | By then , however , he was alienated by the Rump 's lukewarm attitude to religious and civil reform , and when Oliver Cromwell expelled it he was one of the few London aldermen who approved . |
| 29 | Mr Keane is one of the few Ireland players to have won over 50 caps . |
| 30 | One of the few problems Julie and her husband faced was choosing tiles for the splashback . |