Example sentences of "the few [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , pretending for a moment that he was back there , he would turn round and face the back of his cage , open his wings , and glide down the few feet to where his food lay on the ground , pretending that it was prey and that the few feet was hundreds of feet , and that he could feel strong winds on his wings and was an adult eagle , and free , free to fly where he liked . |
| 2 | Then he turned the few feet to Creggan 's cage and stared up to where Creggan had taken stance on the bare branch of wood that hung across his cage . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I have already packed the few things to which she is entitled , in a small box . |
| 5 | The few creatures to be seen were drowsily unwilling to be disturbed . |
| 6 | He walks to the crease with a swagger , totally confident , undoubtedly one of the few batsmen to whom the word ‘ Unforgettable ’ could be applied without risk of hyperbole . |
| 7 | He ran the few yards to the fence . |
| 8 | PC Golby , still in a state of shock and incredulity , ran the few yards to the turnpike cottage . |
| 9 | She was heavily veiled and masked to walk the few yards to the women 's dining majlis , which was , of course , in the house of Sheikha Grandmother . |
| 10 | They began to bark as she walked the few yards to his front door . |
| 11 | It was Blackberry who bullied the stupefied Pipkin to his feet and forced him to limp the few yards to the gravel spit . |
| 12 | I crept back the few yards to the way marked path and walked on down the track . |
| 13 | Ashamed of her excess of imagination , she let herself out into the street and covered the few yards to her car under the trees . |
| 14 | With a prayer of thankfulness I rowed the few yards to her , made fast the dinghy to a cleat on her transom , and climbed on board . |
| 15 | He punted the few yards to the shore . |
| 16 | On a patch where the rough surface of brickwork was exposed , someone had vomited , probably a passing drunk whose sense of propriety , demanding privacy , had deterred him from being sick in the street ; or a returning resident who could not wait to climb the few steps to the communal toilet on the first half-landing . |
| 17 | I took a deep breath of cool air before diving into the blast of heat and walking the few steps to the house . |
| 18 | The wound plagued an injured nerve for the last time as he took the few steps to the trapdoor under the beam . |
| 19 | Walking the few steps to the dressing table , she picked it up . |
| 20 | Without conscious intent he walked the few steps to the bookshop . |
| 21 | So we all walked the few steps to Wuthering Heights . |
| 22 | His eyes never left Lamarr Dean , but his right hand closed on the Spencer and it was down at his side as he walked over the few steps to the bar . |
| 23 | Baynton managed Catherine 's retinue after her arrest and in 1543 was one of the few witnesses to the king 's sixth marriage . |
| 24 | The tucuxi is one of the few dolphins to be found in both fresh and salt waters . |
| 25 | One of the few clues to Joan Main 's whereabouts appeared to be a birthday card she 's sent to her mother from Newport . |
| 26 | Dropping the kids off at my mother-in-law 's , I trudged the few miles to the hospital taking the short cut through the grounds to the usual ward . |
| 27 | There was some light left as they motored the few miles to The Towers . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Linda jumped out and went the few paces to the garage , unlocking the door and sliding it part way open . |
| 30 | It was one of the few references to the former prime minister 's gender that I heard during the whole week of leadership crise . |