Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] the few " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She then swept the kitchen floor , knowing her aunt would wish this to be done , and as she swished the few crumbs into the dustpan she heard Silas moving furniture in the dining-room . |
| 4 | Cramming her worn , out-moded bonnet on her head , she stuffed the few belongings she had unpacked back into the portmanteau . |
| 5 | William Horsley , 83 , was punched and kicked by the thug who snatched the few pounds he had on him . |
| 6 | They began to bark as she walked the few yards to his front door . |
| 7 | When he turned to look at her with some compassion , she walked the few steps that kept them apart and , staring at him with desperate eyes , insisted , ‘ That woman in the docks … it was her , was n't it ? |
| 8 | She walked the few steps towards him , her legs shaking like a toddler 's , and stood in front of him , waiting . |
| 9 | But his lady stole the scene ; and those who remembered the few lines in the newspapers about Dinah Asshe some years ago stowed them , charitably , in the backs of their minds . |
| 10 | She had the few pounds from her wages ( and thank heaven she had not thrown it back in the vicar 's face ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | They walked the few hundred yards to Rivington 's studio in companionable silence . |
| 13 | There was some light left as they motored the few miles to The Towers . |
| 14 | In any case , he made feeble efforts to help me get him to his left foot , and with my almost total support he made the few hops to reach the boat , though I could see it hurt him sorely . |
| 15 | He read the few lines through , then closed his eyes for a moment before reading aloud . |
| 16 | It Germanised the few Polish street , town and place names , undertook propagandist ‘ research work ’ on historical subjects , supervised the Germanising of family names among those Poles who decided to take the plunge into German identity , took down Polish-language warning notices about venereal diseases from public toilets and instituted a system of bonuses for all teachers and civil servants prepared to move and settle in the eastern provinces . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Without conscious intent he walked the few steps to the bookshop . |
| 19 | He punted the few yards to the shore . |
| 20 | The wound plagued an injured nerve for the last time as he took the few steps to the trapdoor under the beam . |
| 21 | He took it and laughed as he counted the few coins . |
| 22 | He ran the few yards to the fence . |
| 23 | And when he died , he left the few bits in the cottage to Billy . |
| 24 | He whistled ‘ Roll Out the Barrel ’ out of tune as he pushed the few remains left over from the day towards the setting sun . |