Example sentences of "from a few [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | It did look terribly empty , such a change from a few hours ago when music had filled the air and swaying bodies had danced and laughed and fooled about . |
2 | Nolan , glowering routinely at Sam from a few feet away , switched his ill-humour to me . |
3 | It is easy to spot from a few feet away . |
4 | Visually , the body reminds me of a Schecter or Tom Anderson and if it was n't for Aria 's distinctive headstock you 'd be hard pushed to tell this was n't a £1500 guitar from a few feet away . |
5 | As they move forward , Tepilit , without warning , hurls his spear at the district officer from a few feet away . |
6 | From a few feet away , I hear a doctor speaking . |
7 | Apart from a few scabs here and there and other tell-tale marks around my body my exuberance for life , living and loving , had returned . |
8 | A thing that I 've heard from a few directions recently is erm the thought of work shadowing . |
9 | Again , while the emphasis in television has changed slightly from a few decades ago , for instance in the acceptance that women can be sufficiently authoritative to read news broadcasts , nevertheless we still have Westerns full of macho cowboys and soap operas with glamorous full-time housewives . |
10 | Let me read you two or three other verses from that same book of Hebrews that we read from a few moments ago . |
11 | The service provided , and fee are matters to discuss initially with an Architect , ranging in cost from a few pounds upwards . |
12 | He 's from a few miles away , near Natron . |
13 | Example 1 is the hook riff from a well known Huey Lewis tune from a few years back . |
14 | As for Oxford in the next round — a chance to avenge that awful 4–1 League cup defeat from a few years back once and for all . |
15 | We stop the jeep for a few words with the Marines , some I recognise from a few weeks ago when they were on their way to take up positions on the coast , on the left of 1st Commando Brigade . |
16 | Near as we can tell , the courtship between Novell Inc and Unix System Labs Inc is unchanged from a few weeks ago when the news broke that Novell Inc could buy a greater share in the AT&T subsidiary ( UX No 398 ) . |
17 | But , apart from a few voices off , it is presented as a monologue — an alcoholic aria to which Courtenay gives extraordinary expression . |
18 | Watch from a few yards away and you will see an elegant rodent , about the size and shape of a hare but with long stilt-like legs , step daintily towards the hole , nose lifted warily . |
19 | When she turned to go upstairs and change , she saw Lucenzo leaning against a pillar , watching her from a few yards away . |
20 | Now he found a young man from a few doors away was home on leave from the Royal Engineers and spent some of his leave with him and some visiting relations , as men on leave were expected to do . |
21 | He held the same office under Richard III ( apart from a few months when it was held by the duke of Buckingham ) and as the main financial officer in south Wales was largely responsible for funding royal servants such as Tyrell and Richard Newton . |
22 | He held the same office under Richard III ( apart from a few months when it was held by the duke of Buckingham ) and as the main financial officer in south Wales was largely responsible for funding royal servants such as Tyrell and Richard Newton . |
23 | ‘ Despite several rests ranging from a few days up to a whole week , I could n't shake off the injury and it just got worse . |