Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adv] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Well that was kept by fella called and they could get the beer off-licence , although it was n't , it was n't so far to the Old Naked Inn and then there was a pub on the corner of , I ca n't remember the name of that because they 've opened it too young to remember pubs in them days but er , apart from the off-licence there was no actual public inn on Street , there was off-licence , as I say just a few yards down was the Old Naked Inn and there was a pub on the top of just on the side of . |
2 | I put away the few clothes I had brought , together with photos of Mother and Father , and another one — a head and shoulders portrait of Clare , looking happy and unconcerned about her legs . |
3 | Er we just kept them on and there 's I know quite a few schemes have stopped working but we 've still got them written down somewhere |
4 | Just got to get to get the sentences , oh I know quite a few words |
5 | I think just a few times |
6 | No , I will not ; I have only a few minutes left . |
7 | I know that I have only a few hours left to live , but I can feel my loved ones near me , and I welcome death . |
8 | I have only a few weeks to live . ’ |
9 | I have only a few doses of the drug left . |
10 | I have quite a few contacts — people who knew me when I was designing for Carnega — and they have been very encouraging . |
11 | At a base in Hereford , which trains bomb disposal men in the army 's toughest course , bomb teams demonstrated modern explosives … incendiary devices , letter bombs which contain just a few ounces of Semtex , and car bombs , at one pound , just half the size of those favoured by the IRA . |
12 | He had a little shop not much , you know just a few things and such like , in those days . |
13 | Mm that 's what I 've cos I 've not been very busy I 've been picking , you know like a few peanuts there 's chocolate peanuts , there 's |
14 | You know quite a few rules do n't you about punctuation that 's good . |
15 | Leaving them around s you know quite a few drugs . |
16 | And er you ca n't really do much because of the stone walls and there 's too much window and too much noise , and you get quite a few insects in them , and they 're just generally not very nice at all . |
17 | This is due to the fact that if there is no insider dealing ‘ those who transact only a few moments apart may get very different prices and will view the market as performing unfairly ’ . |
18 | The importance of getting a good start now becomes obvious , since if you fall only a few metres behind in the first minute after the start you fall into everyone else 's dirty wind and drop even further back . |
19 | If you have just a few mulberries , not enough to make a pudding or an ice , arrange them in a little pyramid , if possible on shiny green leaves , on a plain glass compote dish , with a separate bowl of sugar . |
20 | If you have just a few bushes , drape individual plants with nets , burying or pegging down the edges during vulnerable periods . |
21 | , and in the machine or something , I had you know , I never know , you have quite a few words which are n't any French or . |
22 | When you find you have only a few hours to spare you can choose the best swim for that particular period . |
23 | It may be all very well when you have a goal in sight and you have only a few weeks to get through . |
24 | AVCs are a very efficient way of saving , especially if you have only a few years to go before you retire . |
25 | In my long experience of this species , I have noticed that as long as you have only a few juveniles over 1″ , these seem to stop growing at around 1.25″ , until an adult dies , whereupon a young fish will fill the gap and grow on to adult size at a remarkable rate . |
26 | → We receive quite a few letters from people who have suffered from the indifferent attitude which seems to prevail in many music shops . |
27 | Yes we get quite a few inquiries from south and er from enthusiasts that want stamps franking with the Samson Lane stamp . |
28 | Okay we find quite a few clothes bits of leather , shoes , stuff like that , okay . |
29 | And we 've quite a few bits and bobs of furnishing that your mother might find useful . |
30 | Er they tend to be more sophisticated and slimmer and nice looking , but we have quite a few craftsmen around now , no blacksmiths as such , but even in the old days er you had rather cheaper versions made with wooden handles and just a nice piece of light Tinwooey bent over to form the board , the mould board and that . |