Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] a [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half way to the door I swivelled and , as if simply following the script of this particular hangover , strolled back to the table and came to a halt with my hands in my pockets a few feet from Davis 's chair . |
| 2 | On their first date she had shown Preston , with nonchalant pride , the scars where she had slashed her wrists a few days after her nineteenth birthday . |
| 3 | The enumerator must deliver a schedule to the head of each household ( including caravans , tents , etc. ) in his or her district a few days before census day . |
| 4 | According to Jimmy Johnstone 's very forthright biography , the ‘ horseplay ’ reached its peak a few yards from the Queen 's Hotel when the Leeds and Scotland goalkeeper David Harvey climbed on top of a beach hut and began throwing stones at his team mates . |
| 5 | Our elder daughter , a budding journalist , had her birthday a few days after Easter Day , so we seemed to be stuffed with Simnel cake and birthday cake and chocolate eggs . |
| 6 | Gordon included in his presentation a few shots of the journey through the UK to join the tour and some tram photographs . |
| 7 | And while she was concentrating on Tavett she watched Shildon , reflected in the glass of a painting on the wall in front of her , slide his hand a few inches along the couch , flip open her bag and feel through the contents . |
| 8 | There was just too much distance between him and Richmann , however , and Richmann needed only to move his hand a few inches before firing . |
| 9 | Back on his farm a few miles from a crash site , Mr Hayton said he 'd been expecting a longer sentence . |
| 10 | Cranston smiled and leaned closer , his face a few inches from that of the apothecary . |
| 11 | On the fourth day we moved our camp a few miles to the east , where our trackers maintained we should find the nyala more numerous ; this proved to be the case . |
| 12 | Add one phrase at a time : When listening to a text or story in the classroom , or to a public speech of some kind , you can mimic by " tracking " , which means that you mimic silently or under your breath a few syllables behind the speaker . |
| 13 | Sir , — I congratulate you on the information you have been good enough to send me of your intention to publish a journal for Bishop 's Castle , and I beg leave to offer for your insertion a few remarks on what I think ought to interest your readers — the present position of the question of the extension of the line to your town . |
| 14 | Mark you , if the atmosphere at the venue is good , you can expand the outreach of your message a thousand times by television broadcast or closed circuit television relays to other venues . |