Example sentences of "few [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The method I prefer , however , is just to make a play of looking at the coin after each few rubs on the elbow . |
| 2 | 13.3.2 Few authorities on fraud and partiality |
| 3 | Finally the helpful priest drove up to a point overlooking a fine old stone harbour , with a few houses on the quayside . |
| 4 | a few houses on them . |
| 5 | Er , we 're getting quite a few calls on that subject now , John from Erith , good morning to you John . |
| 6 | They circled a few times on the parquet floor in the hall . |
| 7 | She spun a few yarns on that count , as well . ’ |
| 8 | I collected a few birds on the way , among them a splendid Eagle which I killed at Perth . |
| 9 | The head put a few notes on a pad and Nails was set free , leaving the two teachers puzzled . |
| 10 | Beginning with a few notes on the back of an envelope , the Bill expanded rapidly . |
| 11 | Go and push a few notes on your own piano ; there 's no one here to wince at the sound you make these days . |
| 12 | On the contrary , he informed her , ‘ I 've run a few checks on you , and I like what I 've heard . |
| 13 | Bruce was not so lucky , but in this particular year , he had a good week with his stock prices and could afford to lose a few shillings on the nags as he called them . |
| 14 | Sandison got up , put a few coins on the café table and set off to meet Maidstone . |
| 15 | Bicker sighed , and flipped a few coins on the bar . |
| 16 | A few cases on legal aid , a sub to the Fabians , maybe a sub to the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign . |
| 17 | The 5 sins were such things as letting his Bible fall by accident , jumping about for a few minutes on the sabbath , forgetting that it was Sunday , and hesitating to lend his sister a book which she asked him for . ' |
| 18 | I asked Terry to come along because one of the things I tho I tho I hope we might get round to spending a few minutes on was about Alan 's raised it before about records coming in er , and what the state of the game is in records coming into us and how we 're transferring that information , or not transferring that information onto dep onto department 's national curriculum er material |
| 19 | Again , a few minutes on the personal computer is all that is required . |
| 20 | She leaned for a few minutes on the stone parapet overlooking the river , shading her eyes against the glitter of sunlight on the water and feeling its warmth soaking into her bones , before crossing the road and plunging into the narrow streets of the old town . |
| 21 | She was in food time this morning , and could spend a few minutes on the bridge , looking at the river . |
| 22 | I shall deal mainly with the latter subject , but I intend to spend just a few minutes on education . |
| 23 | Guscott 's score came with 14 men on , but the new law that allows a temporary substitute meant that Paul Burnell had a few minutes on the pitch before Wright returned to see the Lions leading 12–5 . |
| 24 | Guscott 's score came with 14 men on , but the new law that allows a temporary substitute meant that Paul Burnell had a few minutes on the pitch before Wright returned to see the Lions leading 12–5 . |
| 25 | Stop anywhere for a few minutes on a summer 's day and you are likely to end up as an unpaid extra in next year 's calendar or on a biscuit tin . |
| 26 | We should have that in a few minutes on the , the quotes side , Mark 's gon na bring them in to me . |
| 27 | Midway through 1906–07 Archie was deployed at right-back in the Palace line-ups , although he had a few outings on the right wing , and he played throughout our fabulous progress to the FA Cup quarter-finals . |
| 28 | There are , however , a few blots on the landscape such as the Centro Comercial do Infante Olimpa on Avenida do Infante and the Centro Comercial do Infante building which towers on one side of the roundabout at the end of Avenida Arriaga . |
| 29 | And again , when reporting on the A & B Foursomes in January 1969 , he started as follows : ‘ There must be an increased number of wives who are convinced that there is a special weather dispensation for Harpsden , or it may be , of course , that many of them are only too glad to get the old man out of the house for a few hours on a wet Sunday . ’ |
| 30 | The most intensively automated sections of any library are probably the short loan collections of universities , where books in high demand are separately shelved and issued for varying brief periods of a few days down to a few hours on one day . |