Example sentences of "few [noun pl] with " in BNC.

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1 She fixed her hazel eyes on his and elaborated , smiling , ‘ You could treat yourself to a few trinkets with the change . ’
2 ‘ We always get a few walk-outs with that scene , ’ Tarantino grins .
3 It might be easier to use a few objects with clearly differentiated attributes as a starting point , but conversations of this kind can occur spontaneously in many activities .
4 A few clubs with all the money and all the best players .
5 The Exchange discourages the use of equity shares with no or restricted voting rights , so this can not normally be used as a device to retain control amongst a few shareholders with voting rights .
6 The kids used to be standing there one time — well , we hit them a few times with the cape and it had a bottle in it .
7 If you are unsure what sort of a handshaker you are , practise a few times with a friend .
8 You could indeed , you could indeed it it reinforces a point does n't it , so I mean I so went back a few times with the flipchart yesterday with things that we need to re reinforce yes ?
9 The thing is I 've been out a few times with my husband cos it 's his car .
10 I 've done that a few times with Ju ai n't I ?
11 up there a few times with .
12 My few meetings with Basil were all at Woolley Hall .
13 A few birds with long beaks were poking around by the water : how come they stay so clean when they 're always delving in the mud ?
14 1980 ) were involved in very few interactions with their teachers .
15 Myenteric plexuses often participate in familial amyloid polyneuropathy and in a few cases with AL and AA .
16 I made him understand that he was to stay where he was and I would return in a few minutes with a tin of tobacco .
17 Add the rice and saffron and sauté for a few minutes with the onion until opaque .
18 He returned in a few minutes with a very wet and chastened Liam and the cortege was complete .
19 However , I 've just spent an interesting few minutes with my nose in line with the needles , gingerly winding the transfer carriage along with the ribber on half pitch — all in the interests of this article you understand , while hoping I would n't damage the transfer needle !
20 I can knock fifty thousand miles off the clock in a few minutes with my high-speed electric drill .
21 I showered and then decided to lie in a hot bath for a few minutes with a cup of tea at my elbow and the latest Kingsley Amis in front of my face .
22 She was familiar enough with the garden by this time to return in only a few minutes with sheafs of colourful tropical blooms , and she arranged them in two big vases to make riotously informal bunches of colour that lacked classical form but would , she hoped , be pleasing to Faye 's artistic eye .
23 After a few minutes with Mr Malik , Robert himself quite often felt like making the frighteningly short journey from doubt to belief .
24 ‘ Do n't I get a chance to have a quiet few minutes with poor old Sarella ? ’
25 Security said they 'd send someone over right away , and she busied herself for the next few minutes with the half-dozen patients in the waiting area .
26 My reason is that George spent a few minutes with Lennie , comforting and making him a happy man by reminding him of his dreams , before sending him off to find his final dream in heaven .
27 erm Right on the last few minutes with five minutes to go erm the erm Steven was again through and Leach had to go full length to save .
28 In 1835 , as one of the few surveyors with geological knowledge , he was seconded to work with ( Sir ) Henry de la Beche [ q.v. ] to add geological data to the Cornish OS sheets .
29 I was to be incarcerated for another two days and nights on a diet of three assorted pills and a curious fizzy powder in a paper wrapper , presented every few hours with instructions in mime .
30 You can teach other members of your family how to take care of the patient in this basic way , or professional ‘ babysitters ’ who can come in to spend a few hours with the patient so that you can get away .
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