Example sentences of "[vb -s] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last phase of the shot the effect of impact causes a few cycles of vibration at a frequency of about 30 Hz . |
| 2 | As I pointed out in the original review , this causes a few problems like the inability to switch players . |
| 3 | Toftingall , which lies a few miles south from the village of Watten , was one of the first Caithness lochs we fished . |
| 4 | WINDY Loch Assynt lies a few miles from the coast , near the picturesque fishing village of Lochinver ; surrounded by a ridge of mountains eleven miles in length , none of which drop below 2,000 feet , crowned by Sutherland 's highest peak , mighty Ben More Assynt . |
| 5 | The Island of Taiwan is situated several hundred miles off the Chinese mainland , west of Hong Kong ; Japan lies a few hours ’ plane ride north-west while the Philippines rest a similar distance southwards . |
| 6 | Also known as Alphabet City , or Loisaida to the Hispanics whose numbers dominate the area , it lies a few blocks north of Little Italy , the spiritual home of the Mafia , and a few blocks south of the East Village , where New York beatniks gave birth to our modern global drug subculture . |
| 7 | The knife lies a few feet away in a puddle . |
| 8 | The latter , built of brick and glass in the functional and unelaborate manner of the early 1970s , were originally planned to occupy adjacent premises but the numbers of infant children were such that another larger building was needed which now stands a few hundred , wind-swept , yards away . |
| 9 | ‘ If you ask me , he simply wants a few moments in sane and pleasant company , away from the madhouse . ’ |
| 10 | A NORTH-east farmer wants a few wise men from Scotland to take a behind-the-scenes look at farming in EC member states to see how counterparts are faring with the rules and regulations . |
| 11 | I think it 's er wants a few more minutes so |
| 12 | there were n't many that sort , that felt the way I did , I mean I hated him , I really did and when he turned round and he said ooh Keith wants a few words I said to Elaine , look shit 's gon na be it , |
| 13 | She wants a few more screws in |
| 14 | According to the unions , however , it contains a few minor strings , but nothing like the substantial changes in working practices being asked for nationally by the employers . |
| 15 | It contains a few of my pubic hairs . |
| 16 | Many are apocryphal , although where a thatcher makes use of straw which contains a few ears of grain , rats may be a problem . |
| 17 | A typical basalt contains a few per cent of phenocryst minerals , but in an andesite phenocrysts may form as much as 50 per cent volume of the rock . |
| 18 | Each of these Upper Triassic faunas contains a Few dinosaurs however ; but only 0–5 to 3–0 per cent of the total specimens . |
| 19 | The first contains a few records , so collect them and slide down the ice into the water , this is extremely easy so just use the map to reach the room containing the concert poster , records and a ‘ ? ’ ( worth 50 points ) , grab 'em all and move up to the extra life , then to the ladder and get the heart if you need it , walk right , go up the ladder and down the other side , pick up the crate and jump into the water . |
| 20 | And their latest offering , ‘ March Or Die ’ contains a few surprises . |
| 21 | Neither the later edition of Butcher , which contains a few additions , nor Howgrave nor Peck make any reference to the incident . |
| 22 | Finally , the TCR- β mutant thymus contains a few CD4 + SP and CD8 + SP cells , of which between half and two-thirds are γ T cells ( data not shown ) . |
| 23 | We drove back down the West side , through the Waipoua Forest which is still quite extensive and contains a few giant kauris , magnificent , almost unbelievably huge when you get up to them . |
| 24 | The RISC I instruction set contains a few simple operations which operate on registers . |
| 25 | Two heads a few inches apart . |
| 26 | Then later , when I was by myself in the examining room , you know , your stomach drops a few times . |
| 27 | Yet another , fortunately quite rare , follows you around when it sees secateurs in your hands and drops a few eggs into the soft pith of the stem when you make a cut , before the cut wound has had time to callus and heal itself — another reason why you should always try to confine cutting to a fine dry day . |
| 28 | The till girl drops a few non-essential items , like initialled and scented toilet paper into a reject box . |
| 29 | However , whether it is a full spin or just an incipient one is academic if the glider stalls a few hundred feet up . |
| 30 | Film Revenge of killer bimbos Anne Billson writes a few new placards for the 'Basic Instinct ’ protesters |