Example sentences of "few [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a recent case , the police posed as ordinary civilians in order to trap a shop owner , licensed to sell liquor by the case only , into selling them a few cans of lager and a bottle of wine . |
| 2 | We were more used to being given a few cans of lager and that was it , ’ says Solowka . |
| 3 | I hoped that the off-licence opened soon because the journey to Dover could only be improved by getting drunk ; besides , a few cans of lager helped me through the morning pretty well , and killed off hunger till late afternoon . |
| 4 | He ( or she ) wo n't find a dead body in the foreshore , but he might well return home with a few cans of paint , a drum of oil , a host of seaborne lost offerings , or even a net of Spanish oranges tucked under his arm . |
| 5 | Quite a few cans of Coke and things like that , quite a few cans for relieving yourself ! |
| 6 | Quite a few cans of Coke and things like that , quite a few cans for relieving yourself ! |
| 7 | Keep a few cans in store for whizzing up quick and nutritious meals for the family |
| 8 | The method I prefer , however , is just to make a play of looking at the coin after each few rubs on the elbow . |
| 9 | As M. W. Eysenck ( 1982 ) points out , unless studies collect data over a large range of different arousal levels , there are relatively few patterns of results which are actually inconsistent with an inverted-U relationship . |
| 10 | I realise that knitters with other makes of machine can not achieve this stitch , which , I suppose , is why one sees few patterns for it . |
| 11 | There are very few patterns for the garter carriage , so to really use its full potential it is necessary to work out your own patterns . |
| 12 | Although he had passed Responsions and had few debts at Oxford except for books , his father was already apprehensive about the cost of an Oxford education , with Ernest in his final year of training to be an art-teacher and Reggie with a consuming passion for Shakespeare and the stage , and no other interest . |
| 13 | ‘ At the moment though , with so few experts in this field , underwater sites will come forward for consideration far less often than land sites . |
| 14 | At Debenham there was a lot of extra curricular activities on offer like inter house competitions , Sports days , I took part in quite a few activities like Sports days , assemblies and some of the interhouse competitions like design a Christmas card and basket ball , I also went to a club on Friday lunch times . |
| 15 | The leader then proceeds to do a few activities around the table such as hitting it with both hands , scratching an ear , winking an eye or nodding backwards and forwards . |
| 16 | The Glass-Steagall Act and the McFadden Act prevented banks from operating in more than a few states at a time , and also restricted their scope for involvement in the securities markets and other financial services — areas where their international competitors already had wide powers . |
| 17 | Since formation in 1978 , ACAUS has sought reciprocity of accounting qualifications and have met with success in only a few states to date where foreign accountants are eligible to sit for the CPA examination ( examples include California and Illinois ) . |
| 18 | It brings out the old policies of Enoch Powell way back and there are still a few Powellites in the Tory party . |
| 19 | She fixed her hazel eyes on his and elaborated , smiling , ‘ You could treat yourself to a few trinkets with the change . ’ |
| 20 | Now Seb had the men 's attention he said , more hopefully , ‘ She left her own camp in the forest to come down here hoping to sell a few trinkets to your men . |
| 21 | She earns between $800 and $1,000 a month , lives in one furnished room , and has just a few possessions of her own . |
| 22 | The furious dad packed his daughter and their few possessions into his 12-year-old Toyota Corona … and moved into the car park at council headquarters in Cromer , Norfolk . |
| 23 | So here I am , nursing a bruised bum , dented ego and the loss of a fair few possessions including dear old Wat Son ! |
| 24 | The old man 's come out — probably the old lady first with a bundle , and the old man 'd come out with his few possessions in a red handkerchief tied up . |
| 25 | A slight chill the day after the sale had delayed her journey to London and so she had been forced to leave Summer Lodge with her few possessions in a bag and watch as the cab carried her from the large estate on the hill to the cramped rooms of the house in Chapel Street . |
| 26 | ‘ We always get a few walk-outs with that scene , ’ Tarantino grins . |
| 27 | Shetland has no biting insects apart from a few midges in late summer , and I had n't realised just how much of a problem these Arctic mosquitoes could be . |
| 28 | There are far too few illustrations for the size of the volume : ideally a dictionary of this size should contain many more , displayed in either date , alphabetical or country order , or perhaps in a comparative sequence . |
| 29 | LONDON & SOUTH-EAST : There were few glimmers of encouragement for Mr Kinnock as the party picked up a dozen seats in the capital and a handful outside , writes David Millward . |
| 30 | There are a few glimmers of hope , however , since fewer firms are having trouble collecting fees and all but the larger firms are optimistic about increasing their client base . |