Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [prep] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From these later inspections , the proportion of children with problems appears to have been low : for example , of four schools in Shepherds Bush , London , sending 670 children to Pontypridd in June 1940 , there were ‘ only one or two with a few nits ’ ; of 300 children being evacuated from Northwold Road Public Elementary School , in the East End , in June 1940 , only twenty-five were marked as needing special attention ( or 8% ) , comprising one with scabies , five with nits , eight with eneurisis ( bed-wetting ) and eleven with ‘ other conditions ’ ; of 1,211 children going from Stretford ( Manchester ) schools in the same month , only eighty suffered from vermin or nits , and only fourteen from eneurisis . |
| 2 | You do n't want a firm whose work of good , but who may leave you high and not-so-dry for a few weeks . |
| 3 | And all about a few roses . |
| 4 | It is a primeval wilderness tamed only where men built boundary walls two centuries ago , finding and cutting the stone they needed , feeding and sleeping on the site , and all for a few pence a day . |
| 5 | Who would n't jump at the chance of spending a free six months in the Southern Hemisphere , flights paid , car provided and all for a few afternoons coaching ? |
| 6 | It had stopped snowing now and the sky was clear and black with a few stars . |
| 7 | Shy young hairdressing assistants rapidly become bold and cheeky after a few months of work . |
| 8 | The improvement in arthritis , gout , blood pressure , diabetes , or blood cholesterol level may be dramatic , and evident within a few weeks or months of a dietary programme . |
| 9 | She remained still and unmoving for a few moments , allowing her head to settle , listening to the muffled noises from the house , the only recognizable sound the squeal of laughter from her daughter 's room further down the hall . |
| 10 | I 've been feeling headachy and dizzy for a few days now . ’ |
| 11 | Last Friday I was there as usual with a few mates . |