Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be possible to close the accounts a few days before completion and open separate bank accounts . |
| 2 | The first here were from an assart only cut from the woods a few years back , it was a godsend indeed to them . |
| 3 | Since the campaign broke in the Financial Times on 20 September — and with subsequent adverts in the Daily Telegraph and The Times a few days later — response has been good . |
| 4 | Jus ’ fink of it , mate , me an' you givin' the lads a few lessons an' organisin' a few tournaments . |
| 5 | I 've heard of farmers slipping the lads a few marks to drive through an old fence so they can get a new one free . ’ |
| 6 | A few of his fellow citizens would wait until the train was about to depart , nobble him and throw him on the train , slip the guards a few dollars and wave goodbye . |
| 7 | There was a rumour doing the rounds a few weeks ago that one of the big supermarket chains was on the point of phasing out its organic food lines . |
| 8 | The final moult occurs in the bronchioles a few days later and the young adults then move up the bronchi and mature . |
| 9 | The electric pumps deliver fuel to the carburettors ready for starting and , on a cold day , the primers should be used although for some reason these are wired closed on Juliet Uniform and one has to pump the throttles a few times before firing up . |
| 10 | That Jesus 's entry into Jerusalem was fraught with political implications becomes evident in the Gospels a few days later . |
| 11 | The following year , however , the Party took what was perhaps its most momentous decision in the mountains a few miles south of the Chinese border . |
| 12 | Never done , any , any manual work , up , up until when he started packing in the shoes a few years ago . |
| 13 | Oxford United have come off the rails a few times this season . |
| 14 | Miss Davison , who was standing close to the rails a few yards from me , suddenly ducked under the railings as the horses came up . |
| 15 | ‘ Savage wolves ’ was how Franjieh would describe the Palestinians a few weeks later . |
| 16 | If you change the colours every few rows on the first part of the ‘ turn ’ and reverse the colours on the second part , you get a circular change of colour which is quite marvellous — worth the effort of sewing in the ends ! |
| 17 | He recycled the wheels a few times but still the lights remained on . |
| 18 | As we enter the trees a few shots ring out . |
| 19 | Mrs Pearson , the nice old lady who sold Belle Vue Cottage to me , set the controls a few days before she left and said the milkman understood how it worked and he would help me if I had need of it . |
| 20 | But Gooch 's hold on the captaincy deliberately loosened by the selectors a few weeks ago has never looked less secure . |
| 21 | But if you saw their scorching live performance of Leave Them All Behind on Top of the Pops a few weeks ago then there was little else here to be surprised at . |
| 22 | Is that , I thought that the card and Serve take it out for the doctors a few weeks back when he got your bronchitis and you were n't too well and erm , car picked him up and took him up there , then you get |
| 23 | They had taken out all the drawers to make it lighter and Matthew brought down two of the drawers a few minutes later . |
| 24 | Reporters for ITN were getting the results a few minutes ahead of the announcement , by asking the candidates . |
| 25 | But at the trial at the assizes a few months later , the name and address of the girl were both disclosed . |
| 26 | Check the clothes every few months , or moths and mould may flourish unhindered . |
| 27 | Stephen strode ahead with the porter towards the car park , the others a few feet behind . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've seen his name in the papers a few times , ’ murmured the superintendent , whose forehead creased with puzzlement . |
| 29 | A Princeton professor who investigated the campaigns a few years later put it more bitterly : ‘ Cynical pseudo-egalitarianism replaced an older commitment to the maintenance of national standards . ’ |
| 30 | And erm one of the girls that was on there became a very very famous soprano in the country , erm Connie Shackelock you 've probably not heard of her , she 's sort of a bit before your time but er she always used to sing Land of Hope and Glory on the last night of the Proms a few years ago . |