Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , pretending for a moment that he was back there , he would turn round and face the back of his cage , open his wings , and glide down the few feet to where his food lay on the ground , pretending that it was prey and that the few feet was hundreds of feet , and that he could feel strong winds on his wings and was an adult eagle , and free , free to fly where he liked . |
| 2 | DURING THE UUAC GENERAL STRIKE THESE AIRCRAFT WERE TOUCHING DOWN EVERY FEW MINUTES AT ALDERGROVE AIRPORT IN THE LARGEST AIR AND SEA MOVEMENT OF TROOPS UNDERTAKEN BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SINCE THE SUEZ OPERATION TWENTY-ONE YEARS EARLIER . |
| 3 | Listen to talks — read articles — then jot down a few headings on what message is being conveyed . |
| 4 | Okay , so she 's gone down a few orifices in her time , but if anyone calls her a hookworm I 'll burst their intestines . |
| 5 | For now , let's begin by jotting down a few ideas for sequences to make a Christmas movie . |
| 6 | Two thousand years ago a sex manual written in China laid down a few guidelines for gauging a woman 's sexual characteristics from a careful study of her face . |
| 7 | She had to take a walk down a short corridor from the main hallway , go down a few steps to the kitchen . |
| 8 | All the matches are wet , so we cram down a few handfuls of cheese and boiled sweets . |
| 9 | CAME 'S BEAUTY stems from being built in the palest of pale Portland stone , arguably the finest building stone in Britain , quarried over the down a few miles towards the sea . |
| 10 | Out into the spooky snicket and down a few yards towards the churchyard . |
| 11 | 82 year old Ivor James was knocked down a few yards from his home . |
| 12 | Even if I allow him to scribble down a few paragraphs of his own fiction ( and I do not see why I should ) it still follows that any words he might write must in the first instance be composed by me . |
| 13 | It is useful to jot down a few examples under each point as this aids understanding and memory . |
| 14 | Write down a few examples of when you last ( i ) provided food , clothing or other " necessities " for the addict in your life because he or she can not afford them . |
| 15 | I jotted down a few extracts from The Boyfriends . |
| 16 | Before concluding I would just like to put down a few words on permission and such like . |
| 17 | There had to be more to it than simply filling in a few spaces with a ballpoint ; greater symbolic weight was required . |
| 18 | I mean I 've filled in a few forms for them but I mean probably you 're a passive owner like me in the sense that I do n't go and actively trade them , er I keep them in a long term investment , and that 's it . |
| 19 | The process is painfully laborious , but with every announcement , IBM Corp is getting closer to acquiring the competitive edge that is the difference between survival and oblivion in the Unix business , and yesterday the company filled in a few gaps in its RS/6000 line , the most challenging development being a wind up of the clock on the single-chip Rios processor to create a 45MHz Model 230 , which starts at just $4,800 . |
| 20 | The process is painfully laborious , but with every announcement , IBM Corp is getting closer to acquiring the competitive edge that is the difference between survival and oblivion in the Unix business , and last week the company filled in a few gaps in its RS/6000 line , the most challenging development being a wind up of the clock on the single-chip Rios processor to create a 45MHz Model 230 , which starts at just $4,800 . |
| 21 | Sam Baker QC ( almost ) from number 113a had suggested that he ‘ bring along a few bottles of my Australian Chardonnay ’ but no one could face the prospect of being talked through another glass of uniquely flinty , resonantly expressive Murray River Chardonnay by Sam Baker QC ( almost ) . |
| 22 | But one day he made the mistake , at least from his point of view , of bringing along a few tapes of his favourite soul and reggae music . |
| 23 | CROSS A FAST TYPIST WITH A WINDOWS WORD PROCESSOR AND THE CHANCES ARE YOU 'LL SEE SOME WAILING AND GNASHING OF TEETH AS THE PROGRAM CHUGS ALONG A FEW PACES BEHIND THE USER . |
| 24 | Anyway I was going over a few things in my mind . |
| 25 | If you turn over a few chapters in Matthew , into chapter fourteen , you 've got another er watery illustration there , it 's , Jesus is coming towards the disciples , he walking on the water ! |
| 26 | There was no single incident that Loretta could pinpoint as the cause , merely a series of minor hold-ups ; and Bridget had mislaid her car keys , causing them to set off a few minutes after the time they had agreed . |
| 27 | It ca n't be used , for example , for casting off a few stitches at the armhole . |
| 28 | Nick , the ever-ready surveyor , whipped out his loaded camera and reeled off a few shots of the thief . |
| 29 | Moreover , between tending the wounded , the doctor managed to fend off a few shots at snipers . |
| 30 | How ironic that she felt so alive in Piers 's company , the one man who could shrug her off as carelessly as he would shrug off a few flecks of sand from his T-shirt . |