Example sentences of "[verb] with [art] few [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without bothering to confirm the report , Guretzky-Cornitz passed it on to Army HQ , embellished with a few boastful addenda of his own . |
| 2 | It all starts with a few slow miles in the suburbs , then out into the Suffolk countryside , with a long trail of runner snaking their way along narrow country lanes . |
| 3 | All of their problems could have been solved with a few simple decisions but they seemed to have been robbed of their ability to think straight . ’ |
| 4 | It was only when I entered the Arab quarter , a network of dusty roads and wastelands of rubble interspersed with a few small houses just south of the city , that a Palestinian remembered the name . |
| 5 | Leading international companies are discussing the latest recycling technology , showing what can be done with a few old bottles … and a little imagination . |
| 6 | Half way through the Blackeyes saga , it looks as though we are going to have to make do with a few set pieces of one-to-one hostility . |
| 7 | Yeah the T V could do with a few big ones , alright okay body stopper , they want you to have a T V on and be tempted , depends on what , how it went , to ask them to turn it off but if you ca n't that would upon them then you 'll have to work with it because what you do n't want to be seeing is okay they are there , you 're here and they 're concentrating on this . |
| 8 | There are n't that many , but I could do with a few more clothes . ’ |
| 9 | Pook 's Common could do with a few more people , do n't you think ? |
| 10 | Yes that is , yes , could do with a few more mind you , but still , that looks nice there |
| 11 | For the historian of modern urbanization , scores of cities are available for direct inspection , while the ancient historian has to make do with a few fortuitous survivals . |
| 12 | Personally , I doubt that any of the current technologies will seriously challenge a good presentation made with a few well-designed 35mm slides . |
| 13 | Supported by four Landrovers and equipped with a few flimsy spares , they sported jeans and shorts rather than jodhpurs , tee-shirts instead of ties and jackets , while on their heads they wore cheches — and definitely not pith-helmets. but if the style was different , the spirit was certainly reminiscent of those pioneer days . |
| 14 | The larches drooped gracefully , dappled with their fresh green growth ; the hedges grew shaggy and a deep fringe of rushes , sprinkled with a few yellow flags , bordered the lake . |
| 15 | Decorate with grated orange rind and serve warm with yogurt sprinkled with a few poppy seeds . |
| 16 | He had turned her body to fire with a few practised touches out there and now he expected her to forget all that had happened , stand beside him and discuss the garden as if nothing in the world had just occurred . |
| 17 | Whether it has been recently fired will only be shown with a few additional laboratory tests . |
| 18 | All too often a patio is merely an area of plain paving slabs furnished with a few metal-framed sun loungers , which are functional but hardly attractive . |
| 19 | The canoeing is mostly grade I racks with a few tight grade I+/II shoots ; there is one grade II at Bogroy footbridge , a twisting descent over 3 rock ledges , and the photographically spectacular grade III in the centre of Carrbridge itself . |
| 20 | The kingdom of Italy , the second big new state to emerge from the wars of the mid-century , had only to deal with a few French-speaking communities and some Germans in Venetia ; it did not yet have to face a minorities problem . |
| 21 | Scatter with a few crystallised flowers if available . |
| 22 | I will conclude with a few general points about the methodological problems raised by Freeman 's paper . |
| 23 | The pale , polished maplewood floor was strewn with a few vibrant kelim rugs . |
| 24 | But amazingly , 17-stone Alan escaped with a few small cuts and bruises — and a little lost dignity . |
| 25 | The best way is to start with a few vegetarian meals a week and gradually increase the number . |
| 26 | And er fo for that reason , er you know , Lady got through three fortunes , and I think she di died with a few hundred pounds in the building society , and if you get the timing right , that 's the way to do it . |
| 27 | It needs to be stressed , what this chapter may serve to illustrate , that developments of this sort should not simply be identified with a few individual thinkers . |
| 28 | You could experiment with a few different distortion pedals . |
| 29 | First he would have to learn about this place , learn about how things worked here before he might start with a few tentative enquiries . |
| 30 | Thee buses were photographed with a few surprised giraffes looking in the windows . |