Example sentences of "few [noun] and " in BNC.

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1 A few pout and small flounder from Swanage Beach at night , a 6 lb 2 oz bass also reported .
2 Gilkicker and Browndown yielding a few pout and dabs after dark .
3 Apart from a few independents and a handful of dissidents the only candidates among whom the elector can choose will be those that the parties have seen fit to put before him .
4 Dependency increases where care is poor , and homes taking in low dependency clients can soon make them more dependent by providing too few activities and too many sedatives .
5 ‘ Just think , ’ he told her , ‘ you could treat yourself to a trip down Bond Street and splurge on a few trinkets and some new clothes for your wardrobe . ’
6 She slid open a fitted wardrobe to their left to reveal a few suits and pairs of trousers hanging from a rail .
7 This news was passed to his people , who burned his few possessions and redistributed his livestock .
8 They gathered up their few possessions and almost melted into the wood , close to the river .
9 He was going to collect a few possessions and move into Mrs Lorimer 's for a bit .
10 Such excitements are rare ; The Hague has a few clubs and theatres and it will soon have its own ballet company , but for the most part the Hagenaars , as the residents are known , spend their evenings at home and retire at a respectable hour .
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12 Then suddenly the white cliffs , a salty tang in the air , a few sheep and a funereal sky .
13 As soon as the removal van is spotted by a neighbourhood group member , the new family is welcomed into the area with a few pastries and an offer of practical help .
14 Sadly , manufacturers of more modern machines save themselves a few pennies and if it is ‘ user ports ’ or analogue to digital converters that are required then the customer must dig even more deeply into his or her pocket !
15 The day progressed and I had searched a reasonably large expanse of foreshore without much to show by way of finds apart from a few pennies and halfpennies .
16 Lady Maude had given him a few pennies and tomorrow he planned to see his friend in Crabbe Street .
17 At the western end of the bay a few houses and Ireland 's smallest church , measuring 12ft by 6ft , make up the picturesque hamlet of Partbraddan .
18 It has a few houses and shops , even a post office .
19 But it was little more than a hamlet : a fine but small Norman church , an inn , a few houses and cottages and in the distance , farm buildings .
20 Now it is only a small island with a few houses and the great cathedral with its accompanying church , S. Fosca .
21 Dampt few Alastairs and Kenneths anyway !
22 But when he was n't fighting shadows , he 'd just spend the morning dozing on his mattress while I paced back and forth and sometimes did a few push-ups and other exercises .
23 The high school environment , it would seem , is one with few peaks and troughs , undemanding and emotionally flat .
24 I still have a few copies and am sending this one for you to see .
25 I also spoke of my difficulty in giving talks to the armed forces ; for nothing remotely intellectual was acceptable , and the only use which I felt I could be was in taking along a few maps and indicating the whereabouts of places increasingly mentioned on the wireless or the press ( though they read only the ‘ picture ’ papers ) .
26 So , after a little research in Bangkok , I wrote a few letters and made a few calls and found a Brother distributer .
27 Before I regret the temporary arrival of my better nature , you 'd better let me make a few calls and see what I can do to get you home today . ’
28 THE PATTERN OF PARLIAMENTARY ENCLOSURE IN NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE AND SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE This ‘ open ’ pattern of compact villages and few roads and lanes should be compared with Fig. 7 , which shows the ‘ close ’ pattern of early medieval colonisation on the heavy London Clays of south-east Hertfordshire .
29 In fact , you can just get on and off them a few times and they never seem to register the same thing twice !
30 He practised the phrase a few times and then stuffed the book back in the outside pocket of his jacket .
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