Example sentences of "and [verb] the few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took a deep breath of cool air before diving into the blast of heat and walking the few steps to the house . |
| 2 | I turned it over , glanced at the Hungarian stamp , and read the few words I had scribbled to Stephanie , only three weeks earlier . |
| 3 | He rose , flung his arms wide , took a deep inhalation of sea air and climbed the few paces to the top of the dune where he would be visible to the clothed . |
| 4 | Holly kicked the snow from his shoes against the jamb of the door and climbed the few steps into Hut 2 . |
| 5 | One night , after I had cooked her supper , I went upstairs and packed the few things I possessed in a cardboard box and came downstairs and announced I was leaving . |
| 6 | Ashamed of her excess of imagination , she let herself out into the street and covered the few yards to her car under the trees . |
| 7 | Linda jumped out and went the few paces to the garage , unlocking the door and sliding it part way open . |
| 8 | So I rung them again and said it was dangerous and they came out more or less straight away and did the few holes at the top . |
| 9 | She jumped out and ran the few feet to where a man was struggling out of his jeep , which had tipped onto one side with the two left wheels suspended above the open gully . |