Example sentences of "go [adv] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It moves slowly , wearily and as if to ensure that you understand that it is tired ; it goes only a few degrees above the horizon , making a long , low arc . |
| 2 | Decisions or plans that went awry a few weeks ago may now right themselves and the momentum of life steps up markedly . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll come , ’ said Karr , but he was gone only a few moments . |
| 4 | But he had gone only a few paces when she called to him . |
| 5 | But she had gone only a few paces before she turned and stared back at the door , a strong sense of oddness — of wrongness — holding her in its grip . |
| 6 | He had gone only a few yards however when the horse hurled him over a precipice to his death . |