Example sentences of "they [vb past] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now we do n't need so many generals and governors , they let some of them read a few books . |
| 2 | Below : The Nfis Slabs — descending them posed a few problems ( photos by the author ) . |
| 3 | When they met a few days later in Benghazi they quarrelled and the Zliten boy knifed the Zuwayi in the arm . |
| 4 | They expected a few dozen requests , but boxes were eventually sited at 100 farms and two years on experts are thrilled with the results . |
| 5 | When that did n't halt the disintegration they got a few able-bodied men from the village to help , but after a while it was obvious that much more radical repair was needed . |
| 6 | But er , if they got a few more of those it might help . |
| 7 | We hear that they made a few proposals of an undetermined nature which we are sure do not involve recording contracts … lives of the rich and famous , eh ? |
| 8 | Absolutely , just to make more points , they made a few things up , ex , absolutely . |
| 9 | They passed a few farms , and Lucy tried to control her nervousness by gazing at the lonely homesteads , but in some strange way it conveyed itself to Silas . |
| 10 | They checked the few patients in the waiting-room , and Kathleen got Amy to sort them into priority , talking through the decision-making process as she did so . |
| 11 | Dmitrii Zamiatnin , the deputy Minister of Justice , and Sergei Zarudnyi , Bludov 's assistant at the Second Department , were juridical radicals , but although they registered a few successes in their quest for change ( notably the foundation of the enlightened Journal of the Ministry of Justice in 1859 ) , they needed more than idealism to convert their superiors . |
| 12 | Rough seas hit boat fishing off Walney Island and Barrow anglers unable to get out anywhere except in the Roa Channel where they found a few small codling and dabs . |
| 13 | It can not be simply the distortions of hindsight that cast Alison Kraemer in the role of spoiler , for the effect was to throw us all into a foul temper , heightening the existing tensions until they exploded a few days later with devastating results . |
| 14 | They ate a few grains , ignored the rest , and cruised back into their hiding places again . |
| 15 | They lingered a few moments more to admire the Palladian house which stood before them , beyond an ornamental lake crossed by a fine stone bridge , lying in a fold of the rolling parkland , as if held in the palm of a vast green hand . |
| 16 | Er at this point Douglas said er he thought it 'd be a jolly good idea if they dropped a few of these new bombs that they 'd discovered at Hiroshima and Nagasaki er on these slit eyed people and that would really show them who was in control of the world er now this , as you might expect , caused something of a problem to President Truman . |
| 17 | Vitor enquired , as they joined a few stragglers beside the buffet table . |
| 18 | They walked a few steps further . |
| 19 | They walked the few hundred yards to Rivington 's studio in companionable silence . |
| 20 | They exchanged a few further words of parting , then Maggie and Tom walked away , heading towards her house , while Cyril and Susan headed for Susan 's . |
| 21 | They exchanged a few words in what sounded like Spanish . |
| 22 | They exchanged a few banalities and then Patrick asked : ‘ You 're quite sure you did not have golf clubs in your car when you went to Romania ? ’ |
| 23 | After the atmosphere that sparked between them whenever they spent a few hours together … ! |
| 24 | There was some light left as they motored the few miles to The Towers . |
| 25 | They saw a few workmen on bicycles , and perhaps four cars ; and that was all . |
| 26 | They saw a few hares , two of which the tracker managed to shoot for the pot , and there were buzzards overhead sometimes , but that was all . |
| 27 | ‘ Sorry , ’ said Pooley when they connected a few minutes later . |
| 28 | They circled a few times on the parquet floor in the hall . |
| 29 | They spoke a few more words about the liaison arrangements with the local force , then Mercer left to supervise the removal of the body . |
| 30 | I hope you realised they said a few a words on there that 's just been picked up like while I was |