Example sentences of "the [noun] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mrs Robson had contacted the Echo a few weeks ago to say that her brother 's cast-iron bath was 40 years old and had not been used for 12 years . |
| 32 | Mrs Robson had contacted the Echo a few weeks ago to say that her brother 's cast-iron bath was 40 years old and had not been used for 12 years . |
| 33 | no fuss and I said ooh , I said I forgot about her being forty , I bought the card a few weeks ago |
| 34 | Yet even though he got the chance to fight Mr Bush , he would not now be heading for the White House if it had not been for the disaster which hit the President a few days after that TV interview . |
| 35 | If the launch seems slow , check the speed every few seconds . |
| 36 | Lewis had backed the car a few feet down the ramp and was about to turn towards the Cherwell Arms when he heard his master 's voice — a single hissed and incredulous blasphemy : |
| 37 | I parked the car a few doors away from the Newton house , which looked neat enough behind a freshly painted fence , and ran the gauntlet of half a dozen youngsters who were all offering to mind my car . |
| 38 | Early in the programme a few specimens of achondrites were found in both the Allan Hills and Yamato ice fields . |
| 39 | A few of his fellow citizens would wait until the train was about to depart , nobble him and throw him on the train , slip the guards a few dollars and wave goodbye . |
| 40 | Forcing herself to keep her actions smooth and steady , she tightened the sail again and turned the wheel a few degrees the other way . |
| 41 | Balanced lightly on the balls of her feet , Polly turned the wheel a few degrees as Seawitch heeled over . |
| 42 | He ordered a cup of tea and a bacon sandwich in the cafe a few doors down and sank his weary limbs down to wait , revelling in his first cigarette of the day . |
| 43 | They had thus sighted the continent a few days later than Bellingshausen 's sighting in longitude 2°15' W. Bransfield 's manuscript chart is in the hydrographic department of the Admiralty . |
| 44 | In his English Botany ( 1806 ) James Sowerby mentions them as in their millions on the coast a few kilometres off Liverpool . |
| 45 | Then he makes a lightning trip back on Concorde for Petit Loup in the Arc a few hours later . |
| 46 | He 's only been with the club a few weeks . |
| 47 | ‘ The enterprise of the Leeds City management in securing Speirs would have staggered those responsible for the club a few years ago , ’ observed the Yorkshire Evening Post . |
| 48 | She came back out onto the terrace a few minutes later . |
| 49 | Covered from neck to knee in a thick towelling robe , she swept back into the bedroom a few moments later . |
| 50 | ‘ Well , I 'd been on the boat a few minutes when I heard someone pounding along the gangway and going ashore , so I knew I 'd been right . ’ |
| 51 | A painting by Brueghel the elder was lifted from the Courtauld a few years back . |
| 52 | There was a rumour doing the rounds a few weeks ago that one of the big supermarket chains was on the point of phasing out its organic food lines . |
| 53 | The final moult occurs in the bronchioles a few days later and the young adults then move up the bronchi and mature . |
| 54 | Dexter smiled to himself , recalling his thoughts in the corridor a few minutes before . |
| 55 | A perk of the office is to be invited to lunch with the Queen every few years . |
| 56 | The electric pumps deliver fuel to the carburettors ready for starting and , on a cold day , the primers should be used although for some reason these are wired closed on Juliet Uniform and one has to pump the throttles a few times before firing up . |
| 57 | I am sure members will be aware speed speedway received financial assistance from the Council a few years ago when they ran into difficulties . |
| 58 | I went back to the optician a few days after the lenses were fitted . |
| 59 | Off Ian pedalled , to arrive at the pub a few seconds before Sally , but having been companions in adversity throughout the whole way , neither was going to claim outright victory , so agreed to declare a draw . |
| 60 | Rincewind stood up as slowly as he dared , and drew from his belt the short sword he had taken from the guard a few hours and a hundred years ago . |