Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of towing amplified sweet nothings ahead of the school , they might do better to sit astern with a few well-chosen selections from The Osmonds ' Greatest Hits , or Singalongamax . |
| 2 | Only got in for a few minutes as half the church was there . |
| 3 | ‘ Even if he only lived here for a few years when he was small , I wanted him to know something of his roots , to be aware of his background . ’ |
| 4 | As the name suggests , the sole purpose of the group was to have fun , and perhaps show off to a few friends . |
| 5 | ( There is another argument , nowadays timidly advanced only by a few academics of the old hair-shirt tendency , that the white man has fixed the game , making it almost impossible for the others to get in . ) |
| 6 | Irish rugby is notorious for peaks and troughs , so look forward to a few peaks from now onwards . |
| 7 | I 've only popped in for a few minutes . |
| 8 | The rock is a unique form of conglomerate , so warming up on a few practice routes was needed to get a feel for it . |
| 9 | Erm we 'd better get on to a few other things . |
| 10 | just lie here for a few moments . |
| 11 | I can not sum up in a few sentences what will be the substance itself of my book . |
| 12 | Lesley-Jane will be fine if she just rests up for a few days . |
| 13 | Do not stand up for a few moments . |
| 14 | When Alain 's mother finally went inside with a few rueful shakes of her head and a pleased look on her face , Jenna decided to risk all . |
| 15 | ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’ |
| 16 | And if you 're just taking up gardening , it can be difficult to decide what you really need — to begin with you can easily get by with a few basic tools . |
| 17 | With boards travelling at up to 25 knots , the emphasis is on not falling since in a few seconds the fleet will have zoomed past and gained a huge advantage . |
| 18 | I was now at a bit of a loss as to what to do next , so I wandered upstairs to the room that housed the books covering my subject , just to check up on a few things . |
| 19 | Doubtless that was the trigger , but an operation of 24,000 men is not thrown together in a few days . |
| 20 | This was the new name of a group which had already existed informally for a few years , with a number of representatives from well-known " reforming " Edinburgh families on its committee : the McLarens , Mairs and Stevensons for instance . |
| 21 | instead of just going , you should of said oh I just come up for a few days |
| 22 | ATP could always come up with a few money-spinners in its annual output , but the lavish location and studio work on Whom the Gods Love , Dean 's film on the life of Mozart , irritated board chairman Sir Stephen Courtauld , who began to argue that Dean was doing too much stage work , and had alienated George Formby . |
| 23 | This inherited , natural , passive ( the baby has not produced it ) immunity to , for example , measles and whooping cough usually lasts only for a few months after birth . |
| 24 | Caird also goes in for a few unnecessary stunts , such as having two of the ladies of the town played by men in drag . |
| 25 | ‘ Then , if you would also remain here for a few moments , Madame Ash , perhaps Madame Craig would be so kind as to come this way ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Witty , satirical , sketch-like poems on society which also hit hard at a few home truths … |
| 27 | The group 's sound engineer , Mike Stout , deputised and also stood in on the few occasions Solowka chose to attend Leeds United matches instead of gigs . |
| 28 | Of course , where the wealth goes is a problem , since it often ends up in a few hands . |
| 29 | He ( or she ) wo n't find a dead body in the foreshore , but he might well return home with a few cans of paint , a drum of oil , a host of seaborne lost offerings , or even a net of Spanish oranges tucked under his arm . |
| 30 | The fishermen showed us how to hold them safely and we invariably went home with a few , to watch , shocked , as Mother plunged them , alive , into boiling water . |