Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have recently had another Degree Day and an opportunity to meet up with a few familiar faces . |
| 2 | The roof goes on in a few tumultuous hours . |
| 3 | No answer , then Spencer passed out for a few seconds , only to wake to the pungent smell of burning and the sharp realisation that he must now get out of the thing . |
| 4 | At 8 o'clock on Friday , June 15th , over 30 teenagers met in the church Family Centre for a strange ritual known only to a few as MIDNIGHTICESKATING . |
| 5 | Bryn 's mouth worked silently for a few seconds . |
| 6 | At the Apollo 17 site an experiment was carried out by the astronauts which gave the seismic wave speeds down to a few kilometres depth in the vicinity of the site . |
| 7 | But , in Britain as in much of Europe , soils change markedly over a few miles or tens of miles , so targets must be set to protect the most sensitive soils , such as those based on sand or overlying hard , naturally ‘ base-poor ’ rocks . |
| 8 | The boy fought wildly for a few seconds but then his right arm was bent back behind him until he called out in the most desperate agony he had ever known . |
| 9 | The engine backs down upon a few trucks , perhaps a single one ; there is a quick manipulation of a coupling stick , and the engine draws off with its insignificant load . |
| 10 | A good many boys and girls had joined the crowd now and shouts of laughter broke out as a few of them came out from the gate in the kitchen-garden wall , their hands full of ripe peaches , their chins dripping with juice . |
| 11 | A few dozen herring here or there ; nobody troubled : every child went home with a few dozen herring on a string . |
| 12 | The opening ‘ The Basement ’ is most disturbing , Blood explaining what can happen when your parents go away for a few months and leave you with your crippled sister : ‘ It started out with spankings with the neighbour looking on/She paid her daughter 's boyfriend who would whip me all night long … ’ |
| 13 | The opening ‘ The Basement ’ is most disturbing , Blood explaining what can happen when your parents go away for a few months and leave you with your crippled sister : ‘ It started out with spankings with the neighbour looking on/She paid her daughter 's boyfriend who would whip me all night long … ’ |
| 14 | Work ended abruptly after a few years — the builders did n't even bother to take their ladder away . |
| 15 | However , he ran into a familiar stumbling-block : the concerto and the Souvenir add up to a few minutes less than the magic number of 55 , so he was forced to abandon the idea . |
| 16 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
| 17 | And now , to cap it all , poor Byford had to be the first army victim of the latest IRA tactic — Flying Columns-compact bands armed only with a few rifles and automatic pistols , moving soundlessly at night along country lanes on foot or on bicycles , and waiting behind roadside hedges — waiting for hours , days if necessary — for a patrol to come along . |
| 18 | A second night jar started up at a few yards distant . |
| 19 | Andy had n't meant any more than his pressing need to stay in for a few weeks till he had made more headway with his revision . |
| 20 | On it , messages left over from a few days before Brian gave up the flat . |
| 21 | Dona Marguerita coughed wheezily for a few moments before resuming the interview . |
| 22 | Afterwards the whole group stayed on for a few extra days . |
| 23 | Although they were gruesome , the markets virtually ignored these widely expected figures to concentrate instead on a few signs of impending economic recovery , such as improved unemployment figures . |
| 24 | Rose drove silently for a few minutes . |
| 25 | and we 'd been up all night serving troops and er , you see , and then the Manager said , well look er now and have some breakfast before we get th another telegram and we were next door to the Telegram Office , you see , and when , when the erm war , during the war , you see , the man would come out of the Telegraph Office and he would say er and er , you see , all the lights went out except a few lights along the back of the counter . |
| 26 | I have never had much stomach for fighting and I certainly did not relish the prospect of having my head knocked off for a few cigarettes ! |
| 27 | Jessamy stood there for a few moments , staring at his retreating back . |
| 28 | His face was flat and wide , clean , the skin marked only by a few freckles on the right cheek , the eyes set far apart and shallow in their sockets . |
| 29 | I remember once a large white-tailed mongoose scuttled past within a few feet of us . |
| 30 | Brian sits reflectively for a few moments … |