Example sentences of "[pron] were a few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Seen from a hill , the dunes stretched as far as the deep blue of the horizon , above which were a few streaks of cirrus cloud . |
2 | You could n't see them right if you were a few yards from them , but just the figures moving you know , and their arms going backwards and fore cleaning the windows . |
3 | We were a few feet from the main entrance , but he needed to pause before moving on . |
4 | As we were a few days behind schedule by this time I decided to press on while the weather held and the following morning saw us off Montrose with an ominous early shipping forecast of a southerly gale . |
5 | But there were a few tears at the time were n't there ? |
6 | There were a few sticks of furniture and the floor was beaten earth , rather cold despite the summer . |
7 | There were a few villages in the lower hills and , further up , small groups of round mud-huts , each housing a couple of families , were dotted across the fields . |
8 | Although many of the early worries were unfounded , there were a few surprises for the host families . |
9 | There were a few others of the same period , Youngs Mill being advertised for sale in 1828 , with a 16hp engine , driving three pairs of four foot diameter stones . |
10 | Many of them Dorcas recognized as Stationeri , but there were a few others from some of the great departmental families . |
11 | There were a few problems with the casting of the men and staffing for the kitchen , but these were overcome and an excellent play resulted a sentiment that I think the four hundred and thirty seven strong audience would agree with . |
12 | There were a few members of staff who could do with a visit from beyond the tomb . |
13 | Although we were very happy with much of this document , there were a few sections about which we had reservations , and on which we submitted detailed comments . |
14 | There were a few complaints about the rough was too rough and the coarse was too bad and whatnot , but I quite liked the fact that it was labelled because it meant that Rosemary could and could play the . |
15 | There were a few complaints of poverty and the money was slow to come in from Norfolk and Yorkshire . |
16 | There were a few complaints of poverty , but no signs of serious opposition ; and the revenue began to flow in , reaching about £60,000 . |
17 | I 've never actually spoken out , other than last year when there were a few incidents with girls where I sort of said well you get what you deserve , you know , if you 're going to operate such a sort of sexist situation , then you 're going to get very difficult for girls because they 've no positive images whatsoever , and I was actually … |
18 | There were a few discrepancies in the results . |
19 | Indeed he himself added a footnote to the paragraph quoted above : ‘ I was informed , however , that there were a few cockatoos at one spot on the west of Bali , showing that the intermingling of the productions of these islands is now going on … ’ |
20 | There were a few scares at the death , nothing happened , just they got their first corner after about 90 mins … and after last year … however nothing came of it ( or their second and last corner 3 mins into injury time ) , except one header which Lukic watched wide . |
21 | There were a few minutes of silence as everyone concentrated on their food . |
22 | If we were lucky , there were a few minutes in the evening when the wind dropped , the dust storm subsided , and we could brave the mosquitoes and wash the corrosive dust from our bodies . |
23 | True , there were a few pockets of stubborn resistance , where the Reiksguard refused to fall back in the face of certain defeat or where the thunder of Imperial arquebuses had shattered the Bretonnian infantry . |
24 | There were a few areas of life where he had not been involved — his interests ranged from Stockport Infirmary to the Territorial Army , Stockport Lads ' Club to the Boy Scouts , the Trustee Savings Bank to the NSPCC . |
25 | There were a few areas of welcome grassland like the one that rose ahead of him almost as soon as he left the Park behind . |
26 | There were a few clubs at the lower end of the street , but it was mostly owned by monolithic movie companies . |
27 | There were a few tins in one of the cupboards , a glass jar of rice , and some jars of preserves , but no vegetables , and no perishable foods . |
28 | She peered closely at her face ; there were a few lines about the mouth and eyes but at forty-seven that was only to be expected . |
29 | THERE were a few looks of mock horror as I walked through the door . |
30 | By the mid Triassic there were a few groups of large herbivore reptiles , called rhynchosaurs , who were distant relatives of the lizards . |