Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | A sheltered housing project in Thornaby has proved so popular that only a few flats are left . |
2 | It is interesting that only a few years ago Mr Albert Baker of Baker Bros. , Upper Halling , paid the Vicar part of the cost of wood he had cut in Halling woods . |
3 | The kind of boat fishing at sea that I 've always done has had quite a few fathoms below the boat , but here the water was clear and only a few feet deep , we were certainly less than one hundred yards offshore . |
4 | This limits the number of possible combinations such that only a few examples exist in this category . |
5 | It seemed impossible that only a few hours before I had been happy in my cell at the aerodrome . |
6 | Maybe that 's just me , but that 's how I feel … there 's no warmth … just red paint around the outside and then a few splodges gone over with different coloured paint and [ he ] hoped for the best … |
7 | yes , we tend not to use P C Us as much as well a few years ago . |
8 | Several contractors have had it and it 's never been right and eventually a few days or weeks later a man comes round to pick up the grass which has already flown everywhere so it 's too late and a wa total waste of money . |
9 | Though the five years they spent here were to be ultimately clouded by the death of first their eldest daughter in 1869 and then a few months later their infant son , it was probably the happiest period in their marriage , and they enjoyed social life with the local landowning gentry . |
10 | Apply on stained areas , dry and reapply a few times . |
11 | He chose a way of loving which was so outrageous and costly that only a few friends could follow him into his dark night of the soul . |
12 | As long as only a few predators hunt in the same area , each aposematic family is likely to produce several survivors . |
13 | MASTER potter Michael Hughes hopes to raise more than just a few laughs when he takes part in a marathon charity event . |
14 | Champagne is without doubt the world 's finest sparkling wine , but it is also the most expensive , and by more than just a few pennies . |
15 | Maybe when he really got roughed up or stayed out for more than just a few days , Manuel would think about talking things over with the vet , but for now , well , ‘ what 's the hurry , man ? ! ’ |
16 | Only a few of the Christian residents appeared to notice that the Syrians had come prepared for more than just a few days ' stay . |
17 | Then we , father er with doing the bicycles and with interest in other engineering things like gas engines , which seemed to have a , a period of er great prosperity I would say er in the period between nineteen hundred or maybe a few years before that until early twenties the , the gas engines were ideal things for little factories . |
18 | ‘ Five bodies were found yesterday ( Wednesday ) , today another two and just a few hours ago the last body , ’ said a human rights officer . |
19 | Since Alford was described on the ballot paper merely as ‘ The Labour Candidate ’ , it would not be surprising if quite a few voters were confused , and voted for him by mistake . |
20 | Maggie blushed , aware that quite a few men were looking at her now . |