Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [coord] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | USA hooker Tony Flay had to be replaced following an ugly facial cut and a few minutes later replacement hooker Pat Johnson had his nose broken by a punch . |
| 2 | Moran stood erect and apart on the platform , totally separate as he gazed at the hill across the tracks where the stationmaster 's brown horse and a few cattle and sheep grazed . |
| 3 | Rachel found herself following him into the social club and a few minutes later when they were both seated with their drinks in the same window-seat where they had sat before she said , ‘ So what 's your connection with Conway House ? ’ |
| 4 | Get the knives and forks and some bread and a few plates and take them next door ! 1 ’ |
| 5 | Few of us get through childhood without a broken bone or a few stitches . |
| 6 | Some fun and a few games were certainly unavoidable ( there are colleagues who always go too far ) , but that was not the point of the Party 's annual seaside jamboree . |
| 7 | ‘ They 've taken him to Queen Elizabeth Hospital with a suspected broken leg and a few cuts and bruises . |
| 8 | Not too large , but with adequate stabling and a few acres of grazing . ’ |
| 9 | The philosophy and system of pastoral care were spelt out at some length and a few pages were devoted to the issue of pupils ' individual needs . |
| 10 | He only needed the rudiments , a wooden table and a few chairs ; he was prepared to lay a blanket on the floor and sleep on that . |
| 11 | PROPERTY to be made available for a would-be council tenant is expected to raise some interest and a few eyebrows . |
| 12 | He had acted in accordance with the Punjab creed , but with too much enthusiasm and a few decades too late . |
| 13 | The feet can be washed in an oblong , straight-sided plastic household bucket filled with about six inches of warm water and a few drops of mild disinfectant , while sitting on a bathroom stool ( or using the lavatory as a seat ) . |
| 14 | Followed by one grated fresh apple topped with a quarter of a pint of vanilla-flavoured custard ( make half a pint of custard , adding a little extra sugar and a few drops of vanilla essence , and save half of it in the refrigerator for Friday ) . |
| 15 | In practice , the vast majority of reported offences of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl of 16 involve young men of a similar age or a few years older , and the general trend is to administer a formal caution to such persons rather than to prosecute them . |
| 16 | The big moment came shortly before 7pm after more than two days of debate in the full parliament and much scrutiny and no few amendments in committee . |
| 17 | The assembly can then be guided until the screw locates a previously bored hole in the surrounding frame and a few turns made until it is firmly engaged . |
| 18 | He slipped off his white coat and a few minutes later he hurried from the centre . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm takin' us all out to the Cill Dara and we 'll have a fine dinner and a few drinks . ’ |
| 20 | Thicken towards the end of cooking if necessary with plain flour mixed with a little water and a few drops of bottled gravy browning . |
| 21 | I got quite good ones actually cos I got two children next to each other and a few years later I got them to do it again but I do n't know if I can find them all . |
| 22 | As a deep rumbling and a few wisps of smoke were produced by the yacht , he turned back to the Doctor . |
| 23 | I touched my swollen lips and my ears and had a roll-call of my limbs , but apart from my hand , an incipient black eye and a few abrasions there was n't much evidence of my encounter with Russian free enterprise and Soviet cavalry . |
| 24 | At about 7.45 ( ship time ) , they heard a major explosion and a few minutes later a searing hot blast of gas roared over St Pierre and the ships lying off shore , capsizing the steam ship Grappler , and rolling the Roraima so severely that she lost all her masts and smokestacks . |
| 25 | Early in 1921 , a slight chill and a few spots on my chest meant that I was away from school for a couple of days . |
| 26 | SKIPPER Clive Freeman cracked a brilliant goal and a few jokes after Altrincham 's record-equalling 15th FA Cup triumph over League opposition . |
| 27 | You can enjoy yourself with beautiful smoked salmon and olives or soup , followed by roast lamb and a few spuds from the garden , French beans , or whatever . |
| 28 | There was some desultory laughter and a few heads turned to the back of the room . |
| 29 | The pulsar is also spinning rapidly with a period between I ms and a few seconds , but its magnetic dipole axis is not aligned with the spin axis . |
| 30 | Reading may be slow as the eyes are able to take in only one short word or a few letters at one glance . |