Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] few [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what added most to the grotesque expression of his face , was a ghastly smile , which … constantly revealed the few discoloured fangs that were yet scattered in his mouth , and gave him the aspect of a panting dog . ’ |
| 2 | My mother cultivated the few cultivated people in town . |
| 3 | Although Emes designed a few minor buildings , such as a lodge at Attingham and a greenhouse at Penrice , his role as an architect is not significant . |
| 4 | Because I retained a few French words and phrases and could make myself understood in his language he had assumed a much wider knowledge than I possessed . |
| 5 | The Secretary of State for Energy , on the Monday of the Labour party annual conference , phoned a few national newspaper editors to talk the Conservative party out of a general election this month . |
| 6 | So Leith left the two of them in the kitchen and found a few tidying-up jobs to do in the dining-room . |
| 7 | There are a few areas where descriptions are skimped ( for instance of Doppler effect ) and I found a few small errors . |
| 8 | Rough seas hit boat fishing off Walney Island and Barrow anglers unable to get out anywhere except in the Roa Channel where they found a few small codling and dabs . |
| 9 | Eventually Anthony took the pad away and found a few albino strands growing behind . |
| 10 | And in their own dossiers , I found a few suggestive hints to the effect that Rains and Kruger were hardly spotless . |
| 11 | She moved a few more inches and made another plan . |
| 12 | The girl moved a few slow paces down the empty platform — she had asked me not to get out and help her — and then she stopped . |
| 13 | London and Liverpool continued to build flats and from 1933 ( when the Act became widely operative ) many cities built a few hundred flats in large estates : by 1939 Newcastle had built 500 , Leeds nearly 1,000 , Liverpool over 5,000 and Manchester 9,000 ( Ravetz , 1974a ) . |
| 14 | I used a few four-letter words . |
| 15 | The American sat there , mouthed a few more obscenities before sinking into a deep sulk as he nursed his hurt pride . |
| 16 | Then he opened his eyes , spoke a few words and eventually tried a few tentative steps round his hospital room . |
| 17 | ‘ If only Gay and Flick were here ! ’ she thought , as she tried a few dancing steps . |
| 18 | I caught him up and tried a few more questions , but he 'd cut off communications . |
| 19 | ‘ Relax , Horse ! ’ — which occasioned a few odd glances . |
| 20 | I visited a few primary schools next . |
| 21 | It Germanised the few Polish street , town and place names , undertook propagandist ‘ research work ’ on historical subjects , supervised the Germanising of family names among those Poles who decided to take the plunge into German identity , took down Polish-language warning notices about venereal diseases from public toilets and instituted a system of bonuses for all teachers and civil servants prepared to move and settle in the eastern provinces . |
| 22 | I added a few small hydrangea florets to perfect the shape and add some depth to the range of colours used . |
| 23 | Comfort bent her head again and added a few quick pencil strokes to her drawing . |
| 24 | Declaring that she believed she was speaking for everyone , she expressed gratitude for the splendour of the hospitality provided by La Belle France , thanked the president personally , and added a few more words of the sort which well-brought-up people employ on such occasions . |
| 25 | Under cross-examination I added a few more details about my supposed activities . |
| 26 | Janice herself received a few firm words . |
| 27 | As I expected , there was no evidence of an alternative culture , and there were no obvious homosexuals , though I received a few long looks from passers-by which I was careful not to return . |
| 28 | Fife and Drum received a few wide-eyed stares , but for the most part the people seemed to recognise them and their owner . |
| 29 | The Reds dropped a few small bombs , killed far fewer people than calculation suggests and ignored militarily-attractive targets . |
| 30 | I told a few more lies . |