Example sentences of "[adv] with [art] few [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | And now , to cap it all , poor Byford had to be the first army victim of the latest IRA tactic — Flying Columns-compact bands armed only with a few rifles and automatic pistols , moving soundlessly at night along country lanes on foot or on bicycles , and waiting behind roadside hedges — waiting for hours , days if necessary — for a patrol to come along . |
2 | ‘ Like Dorigo and Stuart Pearce , I like to weigh in with a few goals and in pre-season I joked with the lads that I 'd get 15 this year . |
3 | Anyway , he turned up at my house sometime later and , sure enough , I had n't finished it — so we sat down and did it together , along with a few others while we were in the mood . ’ |
4 | Though separated from his Guard , Napoleon apparently remained in company with Soult , Bertrand and Drouot who , together with a few officers and an escort , were seen at Quatre Bras at 1 a.m. on 19 June . |
5 | As it was , I was lucky to get away with a few bruises if the person who slugged me was the one who knocked off Mahoney . |
6 | ‘ But I 'll think I 'll just need to talk it over with a few people before we run it though . ’ |
7 | I was really touched when all the McCarthys drove up with a few bits and pieces . |
8 | I can if you want , it 's just that I came up with a few things that did n't make sense , they were fairly contradictory things . |
9 | Some of the nomes scouted around the sheds and came back with a few vegetables that had been missed , but it was a pitifully small amount . |
10 | Booksellers also tend to prefer not to be associated exclusively with a few authorities or institutions , so that they themselves are less vulnerable to any changes in those libraries ' policies . |