Example sentences of "about a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why make such a fuss about a few miserable chanterelles ? |
| 2 | ‘ All that fuss about a few miserable mushrooms . |
| 3 | It 's also somewhat perverse to complain about a few innocent posts when the top of Ben Nevis is a lofty scrapyard . |
| 4 | When he came to the surface , by some obscure miracle his leash had held , and his board was bobbing about a few yards away . |
| 5 | Stones like these began to be highly valued in India , the earliest source of diamonds , about a few hundred years BC . |
| 6 | But we do n't mind hearing about a few ‘ weeds ’ — they are often more vigorous and more interesting than the cultivated varieties . |
| 7 | Modern English may be pensive about their comeback but they 're certainly not paranoid or precious about a few meagre errors , and this is when the fun really starts . |
| 8 | The Legenda tell us about a few miracles that he is supposed to have performed , but otherwise he seems to have lived a fairly uneventful outward life . |
| 9 | There was n't any huge promotion or hype about the whole workwear thing as some people are suggesting , because it was all about a few people picking up on it and then promoting it off their own back . |
| 10 | She also said she would find out more information about a few of them for me . |
| 11 | What about a few roses ? ’ |
| 12 | Digital Equipment Corp now believes COSE really wants it to join , something it was n't quite sure about a few weeks ago . |
| 13 | Digital Equipment Corp now believes that the Common Open Software Environment crowd really want it to join them , something that it was not quite sure about a few weeks ago . |
| 14 | What they could find room to laugh at , however , was the way in which respectable England could ignore the realities of slum life for so many years , while showering the Empire with the benefits of Christianity and imperial wars , and then get itself into a respectable lather in such a short time about a few broken heads among rough lads . |
| 15 | Nobody cares about a few thousand Masai . |
| 16 | and just make sure about a few things do n't we on the book one . |
| 17 | ‘ If you were happy together , why should she mind about a few snubs from social snobs who barred you from their visiting-lists for such a reason ? |
| 18 | It 's not like the prayers that we heard about a few weeks ago , from Paul 's letters to Timothy and Philemon , where he was addressing an individual . |
| 19 | Erm I just want to go back and talk about a few things we just touched on earlier . |
| 20 | And all about a few roses . |
| 21 | I mean we are only talking about a few yards difference . |
| 22 | Oh , they 've been here about a few years now . |
| 23 | You 're not talking about a few thousand pounds but millions , millions I shall be borrowing from various banking concerns who are willing to lend that money on the strength of my reputation . |
| 24 | Or at least , not being bothered about a few whiskers when there were animals to be saved . |
| 25 | I know Amy went to see it when it was at the Palace , I 'm talking about a few years ago , |
| 26 | You know , just to attract some people , you know , approach the brewery , say look what about a few keg ? |
| 27 | In about a few minutes . |
| 28 | Some people do n't mind answering machines , I must say , I 'm beginning to get used to them now , I think the problem is that it sort of wrong-foots you , so you get an answering machine , and think ‘ Oh my God ’ , and you know that in about a few seconds time , when you hear that bleep , you 've got to give a concise message which will be intelligible to the person when they replay it , so instead of coming out with sort of babble , you 're forced into thinking what the essence of the message is that you want to leave . |