Example sentences of "few [noun pl] with " in BNC.
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| 31 | A tickling cough coming every few hours with increasing intensity . |
| 32 | This happens when a man 's ordinary hours of duty are 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and when one likes to look forward to spending a few hours with one 's family . |
| 33 | While our friends have made their new houses look good in just a few hours with a lick of paint , we 've had to put up new ceilings , repair skirting boards and hack off layers of old tiles . |
| 34 | The first time I get on , it is often after spending a few hours with them , and I kinda transfer over from the stable door to their backs . ’ |
| 35 | However , Gibson had no experience on the Mossie and would have benefited a great deal from a few hours with the PFF Mossie Unit at Warboys — perhaps a couple of low-level bombing attacks on our bombing range . |
| 36 | The four days of the Congress so far have witnessed much angry barking by Communists and their allies but few proposals with which to attack the government . |
| 37 | ln cricket there were very few opportunities with only fifteen first-class counties and the Lancashire League sides , who had only one full professional per team . |
| 38 | He exchanged a few pleasantries with Jeane the Amazon , and collected on a small cocaine deal with a Senior Lecturer in Romance Languages . |
| 39 | Even If you are not religious , it is a welcome chance for social contact and the exchange of a few pleasantries with him . |
| 40 | ‘ I love it here , ’ she said enthusiastically , seeing that Lucenzo had relaxed to some extent and was actually exchanging a few pleasantries with one or two people . |
| 41 | Another writes , cryptically : ‘ I also realise , looking back , how a few relationships with the opposite sex have added a golden thread and tinged my life with deep regret ’ . |
| 42 | Susan , who lives in Sunderland , can walk only a few paces with a stick , has lost the use of an arm and has impaired eyesight . |
| 43 | The horse jumped forward a few paces with his limbs bunched up and then , holding himself for a brief moment in a static rear , galloped off in sheer terror down the path . |
| 44 | There were checks to be done , now that Hess had replaced the mechanic , so Karlheinz backed off a few paces with the camera . |
| 45 | I did not see the production until the following Christmas , when it contained an amusing touch which I imagine John must have added that year , after Leonide Massine had revived The Three-cornered Hat at Covent Garden : Hansel and Gretel danced a few steps with a bunch of grapes , a good-humoured quotation from the dance of the miller and his wife in Massine 's ballet . |
| 46 | When they reach the borders of their territory , they take a few steps with lowered hindquarters so that long grass passing between their back legs rubs against this gland and acquires a smell that even a human nose can easily detect . |
| 47 | He took a few steps with her . |
| 48 | So far his progress has been encouraging and he is already taking a few steps with the aid of a frame . |
| 49 | After a few words with her husband she shook hands with me , kissed him on both cheeks , and then quickly disappeared down the cellar , leaving the two of us to finish off the champagne and burgundy . |
| 50 | We stop the jeep for a few words with the Marines , some I recognise from a few weeks ago when they were on their way to take up positions on the coast , on the left of 1st Commando Brigade . |
| 51 | He managed to have another few words with Mrs Morgan also , who was looking much stronger . |
| 52 | After exchanging a few words with him , she went in search of Lawler . |
| 53 | After exchanging a few words with him , she led him off into a corner . |
| 54 | Susan caught up with her after a few words with Mr Darling . |
| 55 | A few words with Ruby |
| 56 | Instead of merely shopping , exchange a few words with shop assistants . |
| 57 | I 'm going to have a few words with the professor . ’ |
| 58 | She had a few words with him while I was speaking to Meryl Armitage — a delightful girl . ’ |
| 59 | At the end of the meal , Dominic came to have a few words with me . |
| 60 | Notice the vital few words with the people at the garage , the bank , the booking-office , the doctor 's surgery . |