Example sentences of "few [noun pl] from [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You look ready to dance with rage , and although we might collect a few pennies from them in return for our providing such a spectacle I hardly think that we could put it on as a permanent entertainment ! ’ |
| 2 | He promised to bring me a few notes from which I could prepare a draft but he never did . ’ |
| 3 | I had few secrets from her . |
| 4 | And when we were only a few hours from our turn to life off , we had last-minute visitors . |
| 5 | In a similar line of argument , Reynolds 's Newspaper ( 14 August 1898 ) viewed the Hooligan panic as an indictment of the hypocrisy of a civilisation that took ‘ so painful an interest about moral handkerchiefs and hymn books for the barbarians of the wild Soudan ’ while turning a blind eye towards ‘ the far wilder barbarians they may find within a few paces from their own street-doors ’ . |
| 6 | Sharpe was just a few paces from his enemy . |
| 7 | Two howitzer shells exploded a few paces from his horse , both blasts beginning small fires among the rye . |
| 8 | Well , I think that a few words from me are called for , as you say . ’ |
| 9 | Fernando did n't move , just stood a few feet from her with dark , expressionless eyes . |
| 10 | The male of the species is an unadulterated chauvinist who will not allow the females of his harem to move more than a few feet from him . |
| 11 | As he sipped his cider , Yanto 's attention was drawn to a group standing a few feet from their table . |
| 12 | The reason for this was the bright point of light that had popped into existence a few feet from his eyes . |
| 13 | Lying in a widening pool of blood , he stared vacant eyed with shock at his severed right arm lying a few feet from his face , still clothed in its black sleeve . |
| 14 | The first row of the audience were literally a few feet from my feet . |
| 15 | Well so was Agnes — it was probably her local being only a few blocks from her Georgetown address . |
| 16 | Wine merchants often lend glasses to customers for a small charge or even for free — assuming that you buy a few bottles from them . |
| 17 | The whole world apart from a handful of Maoris know it as New Zealand … are you trying to con a few subscriptions from them ? |
| 18 | Beatrice , too , drank ; she had no doubt learnt a few tricks from her ex-pugilist husband and could take care of herself spiritedly . |
| 19 | Well , even I got a few laughs from their replies to that one . |
| 20 | Yes thank you , a few things from our point of view is er three point eight , I 'm sure the policy will be well looked over by our friend , comments by members have to make please . |
| 21 | ‘ My own kind , ’ she replied , and getting ready to put a few questions from her list , she paused to smile — and found that he could find his questions faster . |
| 22 | ‘ There are now quite a few sources from which firms can obtain this finance . ’ |
| 23 | She had the few pounds from her wages ( and thank heaven she had not thrown it back in the vicar 's face ) . |
| 24 | A mugger might go to prison for lifting a few pounds from his victim — and so he should . |
| 25 | Yarnell decided to prove his point so he detached two aircraft carriers , the Saratoga and Lexington and a few destroyers from his battle fleet and set sail for Oahu in poor weather conditions , radio silence and no lights . |
| 26 | The sailors stopped digging when the trench was about one foot deep , then they sat down and lit up their cigarettes , gazing around the orchard , taking not the slightest notice of the mortar team just a few yards from them . |
| 27 | You could n't see them right if you were a few yards from them , but just the figures moving you know , and their arms going backwards and fore cleaning the windows . |
| 28 | ‘ None whatsoever , ’ he drawled , eyeing the lively antics that were taking place a few yards from them . |
| 29 | Miss Davison , who was standing close to the rails a few yards from me , suddenly ducked under the railings as the horses came up . |
| 30 | Their father , Patrick Hamilton , had died dramatically a year ago , blown up by an IRA car-bomb a few yards from what was then their home in Dublin . |