Example sentences of "[vb -s] [art] few [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Also known as Alphabet City , or Loisaida to the Hispanics whose numbers dominate the area , it lies a few blocks north of Little Italy , the spiritual home of the Mafia , and a few blocks south of the East Village , where New York beatniks gave birth to our modern global drug subculture . |
2 | Toftingall , which lies a few miles south from the village of Watten , was one of the first Caithness lochs we fished . |
3 | It is now the moose-hunting season — not a safe time to be creeping through the woods on a wild wolf chase , and so unless someone shoots her , Ylva has a few weeks grace . |
4 | She has a few men friends at the moment : ‘ They 're all special ’ , she smiles . |
5 | Includes a few names Paul Daniels might conjure with : Leroy Hutson , the two-step hero ; Leon Ware , formerly Marvin Gaye 's co-writer/arranger , former Motown genius Ronnie McNeir , and General Crook ; Rockie Robbins and Keni Burke , all massive heroes to a tiny audience . |
6 | Sanders ca n't be all that interested in the Plan if he takes a few days vacation rather than give the presentation . |
7 | In Dyfed ( formerly Pembrokeshire ) Hancock et al. ( 1983 ) locate the Variscan Front in a zone of conjugate folds and thrusts a few miles north of the Johnston Thrust . |
8 | Think the closing dates a few days time is n't it ? |