Example sentences of "[prep] be [art] few [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 All we are left with are a few opening chapters ( published as Coots in the North , edited by Hugh Brogan ) , and notes towards an encounter between two sets of pirates , the Death and Glories and the Amazons , which promised to have been a battle royal .
2 I continued along a path over the bluffs following a waymarked nature trail , where the main animal life seemed to be a few pregnant sheep blowing about dangerously close to death on the rocks below .
3 He 's received a lump sum payment — believed to be a few thousand pounds .
4 There 's going to be a few new faces next term .
5 There ought to be a few strict rules which are obeyed to the letter . ’
6 The word is there 's going to be a few more surprises closer to Christmas which makes attendance between now and then damn near compulsory .
7 The word is there 's going to be a few more surprises closer to Christmas which makes attendance between now and then damn near compulsory .
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