Example sentences of "[art] few [noun pl] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ran the few yards to the fence . |
| 2 | PC Golby , still in a state of shock and incredulity , ran the few yards to the turnpike cottage . |
| 3 | She was heavily veiled and masked to walk the few yards to the women 's dining majlis , which was , of course , in the house of Sheikha Grandmother . |
| 4 | It was Blackberry who bullied the stupefied Pipkin to his feet and forced him to limp the few yards to the gravel spit . |
| 5 | I crept back the few yards to the way marked path and walked on down the track . |
| 6 | He punted the few yards to the shore . |
| 7 | On a patch where the rough surface of brickwork was exposed , someone had vomited , probably a passing drunk whose sense of propriety , demanding privacy , had deterred him from being sick in the street ; or a returning resident who could not wait to climb the few steps to the communal toilet on the first half-landing . |
| 8 | I took a deep breath of cool air before diving into the blast of heat and walking the few steps to the house . |
| 9 | The wound plagued an injured nerve for the last time as he took the few steps to the trapdoor under the beam . |
| 10 | Walking the few steps to the dressing table , she picked it up . |
| 11 | Without conscious intent he walked the few steps to the bookshop . |
| 12 | His eyes never left Lamarr Dean , but his right hand closed on the Spencer and it was down at his side as he walked over the few steps to the bar . |
| 13 | Baynton managed Catherine 's retinue after her arrest and in 1543 was one of the few witnesses to the king 's sixth marriage . |
| 14 | Dropping the kids off at my mother-in-law 's , I trudged the few miles to the hospital taking the short cut through the grounds to the usual ward . |
| 15 | There was some light left as they motored the few miles to The Towers . |
| 16 | He rose , flung his arms wide , took a deep inhalation of sea air and climbed the few paces to the top of the dune where he would be visible to the clothed . |
| 17 | Linda jumped out and went the few paces to the garage , unlocking the door and sliding it part way open . |
| 18 | It was one of the few references to the former prime minister 's gender that I heard during the whole week of leadership crise . |
| 19 | Gloucester 's strength is also reflected in the choice of knights of the shire for the county of Cornwall , one of the few elections to the planned parliament of Edward V for which returns survive . |
| 20 | Gloucester 's strength is also reflected in the choice of knights of the shire for the county of Cornwall , one of the few elections to the planned parliament of Edward V for which returns survive . |
| 21 | Gamble argues that the adversary politics thesis over-generalises from a few instances to the whole of economic policy . |
| 22 | The sea lagoon turned out to vary in depth from a few inches to a couple of feet . |
| 23 | Fabia watched as , dropping the dog lead on to a large kitchen table , the dark man addressed a few remarks to the woman who then went to a drawer and took from it a large tin box and brought it to him . |
| 24 | Do n't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others . |
| 25 | He wanted a few answers to a few riddles . |
| 26 | Market loans consist of a variety of different loans from a few hours to a few weeks , mainly to other banks or to financial institutions such as the discount houses which specialize in short-term lending and borrowing . |
| 27 | Even in our championship winning year we failed to beat the ‘ elite ’ sides in the league and although Wilko has made a few changes to the squad we still have basically the side and thus the same problems that have cost us dearly in the most important games . |
| 28 | I decided to focus on the Matter again ; the cooking facilities ; it looked like it would have to be a barby of some sort , with paper logs made out of Bible pages twisted up and tied into knots — not the lovely picture pages , they remind me too much of Ma and Pa 's bedroom — perhaps a few letters to the Corinthians ; nice and dry . |
| 29 | Ah write a few letters to the hospital forty forty . |
| 30 | The curator of Edinburgh zoo has proposed adding a few specimens to the zoo collection . |