Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To guard their roots the spaces were covered with gratings except for a few inches round the trunk . |
| 2 | On the other hand , Heron ( 1794 ) says that Lewis was destitute of wood except for a few birches and hazels ’ . |
| 3 | It would not profit the children there greatly to learn the culture of those countries when in a few months they would have to go overseas . |
| 4 | Nor did Egypt , which is after all a long way to the east of Cyrene ( Athens being nearer to Cyrene than is the Nile ) make much impact except in a few points of ritual . |
| 5 | Of ground-living mammals in Malaya over half of the species are forest animals and the elimination of the forest leads to the elimination of almost all the mammalian fauna except for a few rats . |
| 6 | Surely they 'd do better making love on board Grace than on a few yards of Mackenzie tartan ? |
| 7 | Except , a small protective inner voice prompted her hurtfully , that I 'm no long-term threat to your person or your property because in a few days ' time at the very most I shall be out of your land and out of your life . |