Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 31 | Nor did a spirit of affectionate remembrance obtain among the few whom Ursula felt obliged to entertain afterwards at Swans ' Meadow . |
| 32 | Most of the other stars that are visible to the naked eye lie within a few hundred light-years of us . |
| 33 | He had turned her body to fire with a few practised touches out there and now he expected her to forget all that had happened , stand beside him and discuss the garden as if nothing in the world had just occurred . |
| 34 | These sources include articles and official statements published in ACCOUNTANCY , course and conference notes from the few delegates that still attend external training , and letters and reports already produced within the firm as part of normal client service work . |
| 35 | Grandma lay for a few days drifting in and out of sleep , unaware of everything about her , until one afternoon when Julia and Carrie were sitting with her . |
| 36 | The Abbot and over half the monks of Battle perished , eight of the thirteen canons of Mitchelham , most of the heads of religious houses , and up to half of the rest of the county 's population died within a few months , although the effects varied from community to community . |
| 37 | The plan is to grow the lawnmower business over the next couple of years and then float the shares to raise cash to add in a few operations that are less seasonal , and less weather-dependent . |
| 38 | The match finished with a few variations on ‘ Boring Boring Ipswich ’ and ‘ I ca n't read and I ca n't write but I can drive a tractor/taxi ’ . |
| 39 | ‘ Oi already 'ahd 10 on the board boi then , ’ explained the Smallholder , a faint wisp of happy remembrance tugging at a few cheek muscles . |
| 40 | Leave the rabbit to set for a few moments . |
| 41 | Personally , I doubt that any of the current technologies will seriously challenge a good presentation made with a few well-designed 35mm slides . |
| 42 | But now they 're having a heated debate about script changes , so I grabbed the chance to escape for a few minutes . ’ |
| 43 | If the hon. Gentleman waits for a few days , he may be made aware of developments emanating from a source not far from me now which may interest him and which may deal with that point . |
| 44 | Ministers said last night they expected market pressures would force Ford to scrap their price rises within a few months , or they could be forced to discount their prices very heavily . |
| 45 | Even at the simplest and most active plate boundaries , a major earthquake caused by a few metres movement of a fault recurs perhaps six times a millennium . |
| 46 | The mother 's death is portrayed in a macabre scene where Walter is unsure whether she has died , or even what death is , and allows the corpse to rot for a few days while he sits by her side . |
| 47 | Buus does in a few cases revert to earlier material or in one instance , as we have seen , achieve cohesion at the expense of monotony by basing a whole piece on a single idea . |
| 48 | The Syracusan tyranny lasted for a few more years ; Hiero was even able to install his son Deinomenes as ruler of a new city of Etna , built to house the population of Katane and Naxos , ousted some time in the 470s ( cp . |
| 49 | Police intervention provoked allegations of brutality , but media coverage focused on the few police injuries , underemphasised the extent of police aggression and exaggerated the women 's part in the violence . |
| 50 | For example , one director commented that when he saw a topic referred to a few times then it would ‘ click ’ in his mind , and he would then consider if it could have some significance to his company . |
| 51 | This takes time to begin with — lots of lovely sitting around going through the magazines again but , when needed , the index which is stored in a file can be looked up and the right magazine located in a few minutes . |
| 52 | It became the Chancellor 's habit to interrupt his morning procession to work for a few minutes of Cabinet Room conversation with the Prime Minister . |
| 53 | In the final phase of the experiment , the buzzer ( a conditioned stimulus ) sounded and the dog salivated after a few seconds without the presence of any meat powder ( conditioned response ) . |
| 54 | The bad news came within a few days ; there was no place available to him at Oxford this year in the Martinmas term . |
| 55 | Decorate with grated orange rind and serve warm with yogurt sprinkled with a few poppy seeds . |
| 56 | The fact is that diesel engines are produced in huge volume compared with a few years ago , reducing costs considerably , while petrol engines have grown ever more complex . |
| 57 | It should also help if you leave the paper to rest for a few minutes before stretching with gum strip . |
| 58 | Old photographs , such as those in the Sprott Collection , show wide , uncluttered streets , no traffic save for a few carts and other horse-drawn vehicles and plenty of space for people to stand . |
| 59 | it is useless having the grand manner reserved for the few . |
| 60 | The creature staggered for a few seconds and turned to scream . |