Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] the [num ord] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a moment , Folly was taken aback , but then she realised that the policeman had probably only seen the last few seconds of their little drama . |
| 2 | In parts of India , goats graze the cotton after harvest and so remove the last few infested bolls and stalks . |
| 3 | She could only see the first few rows beyond the footlights , but knowing they were there was enough . |
| 4 | We only switched the last few minutes on . |
| 5 | Er but I am going to take your books in at the end of the lesson so you can perhaps take the last few minutes before just if you 'll just erm put the sums at the moment erm just fix in your sheet fix it in and erm check out that you 've got everything else up to date okay ? |
| 6 | I just caught the last few minutes of a Yorkshire TV documentary , ‘ England 's Last Wilderness ’ , with David Bellamy burbling about the Pennines . |
| 7 | I 'll just watch the last few laps . |
| 8 | Adventure holidays are increasingly popular and the brave can test their physical and mental endurance in a number of ways from outward-bound courses where the participants usually spend the last few days of their ‘ holiday ’ building themselves a shelter in a sodden landscape and living off nature , to dog-sledging across the Arctic Circle and learning how to build an igloo on the way . |
| 9 | A refinement of this is ‘ record revue ’ , which automatically replays the last few seconds of the previous shot as a check before returning the camcorder to record-mode . |
| 10 | Practically sprinting the last few yards to the cottage , he pushed inside and dumped her belongings on the kitchen table before dashing out again and after the Land Rover as it groaned and grunted its way up the track to the colonel 's house , presumably driven by the garage mechanic . |
| 11 | ‘ I think he really enjoyed the first few , then the stories and the music got so trite , but he 'd go ahead and do them . |
| 12 | Those people who have kindly attended the last few forums will have noticed the dearth of students for whom the event was organised . |
| 13 | It meant that they had almost to stand on the air , flapping furiously , and then drop the last few inches . |
| 14 | Standing on the landing , she took a moment or two to compose herself , then walked the last few feet to his mother 's room . |
| 15 | Lean your body forwards to squeeze the last few centimetres of range out of the punch . |
| 16 | We 'll then drive the last few metres to the Colombi . |
| 17 | Jack stopped , listening again , and then ran the last few metres . |
| 18 | Council officials in Hartlepool are urging local people to come forward to fill the last few places on an outward bounds course in the Lake District . |
| 19 | Shiona would never forget the next few minutes when the two of them had arrived in the big sunny sitting-room . |
| 20 | ‘ Civil manner ? ’ asked Sarella blankly , wondering if she had actually imagined the last few overheated moments . |