Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This should need only a few turns |
| 2 | Even the currently flourishing Pinnacle Distribution did a kamikaze act just a few years ago , decimating the indie scene . |
| 3 | It is sometimes very difficult indeed not to be very cross , and there have been some occasions when I have had to go and chop up a few logs in order to abate my own aggression before replying . |
| 4 | We could hang up a few politicians too. , ‘ There 's that farmer who used a plough with horses . |
| 5 | Carlos Palenque , a mestizo who built up a media empire by getting poor Indians to telephone their complaints to his radio and television shows , may win quite a few votes in the capital . |
| 6 | This limits the degree of possible grazing or nibbling and explains why deer and cattle , for example , will eat just a few mouthfuls from each tree before moving on . |
| 7 | She could feel only a few twigs . |
| 8 | No doubt they would send over a few H.E . |
| 9 | I 'll do just a few observations on the match . |
| 10 | Let me give just a few facts and figures . |
| 11 | Q Could you please clear up a few points which I am sure confuse other readers as well as myself . |
| 12 | Soon the mist grew thicker and he could see only a few feet in front of him . |
| 13 | In the mist , Giles could see only a few feet ahead , so he moved very carefully . |
| 14 | On bad days it rains and the mist covers everything in silence — you can see only a few yards in front of you and , if you wander from the road , can easily get lost . |
| 15 | If you can scrape together a few hits and make enough to retire to a little place in the suburbs , you 've made the most of the opportunity . |
| 16 | Should he dash off a few writs ? |
| 17 | why do n't you wait and see what the numbers are like and then you can always ring up a few people and say we 've got a space if you 'd like to come |
| 18 | okay it 'll be that so you can eventually you can build up a few tricks that 'll help you sort out a lot of the spelling . |
| 19 | Okay , let's have a break er if you can come back reasonably quickly er we can make up a few seconds . |
| 20 | The parents had all departed into the warehouse with Uncle Knacker to ‘ knock up a few looseboxes ’ . |
| 21 | Other places may contain only a few species , yet the biomass at least at some seasons can be very high ; and this is true of the Arctic and Antarctic oceans . |
| 22 | If you could just jot down a few ideas that . |
| 23 | At first the simple machines available could only detect down a few inches , and — amongst other operating difficulties — encounters with tufts of grass caused them to constantly give off false signals . |
| 24 | I will cite just a few examples , without any claim to being comprehensive . |
| 25 | Compare that to a whole forest in the UK that may contain just a few species . |
| 26 | A piece of handicraft may cost just a few pence in our terms , so where is the virtue in knocking it down any further ? ’ |
| 27 | The Americans led 54–41 at half-time and it always seemed they could step up a few gears when required . |
| 28 | If Snakes of the World can cure even a few readers of their phobia , replacing terror with admiration , it will have achieved its purpose . |
| 29 | The drop down to half-moon Rhossili Bay below me was almost sheer , and the sea was striped with shimmering blue and white as endlessly long parallel lines of surf moved in slow motion towards the expanse of sand , on which I could just make out a few figures as tiny specks . |
| 30 | We could vaguely make out a few buildings as we caught the bubble up to La Saulire , and then headed down into Courchevel . |