Example sentences of "a [adj] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Howk , an eerie limestone gorge reached by a pleasant few minutes ' walk from the southern corner of the village green , is the threadbare ruin of a bobbin mill . |
| 2 | She spent a pleasant few minutes thinking of her small business where she designed and made exclusive wedding gowns for a rapidly growing circle of customers , but Dana 's early-morning phone call refused to be dismissed . |
| 3 | And spokesman Trevor East admitted : ‘ It 's been a trying few days for us and we are very disappointed to miss out again . |
| 4 | To be accepted as member there really would cap a memorable few years . |
| 5 | She bought some postcards , and an illustrated book on the bastides of the Dordogne from the local newsagent , and spent a mouth-watering few moments coveting the strawberry , peach and raspberry tarts displayed in a pâtisserie window . |
| 6 | It had sold a respectable few thousand — mostly to the literary and those who hoped to be part of that world . |
| 7 | The boys headed for the tea-table , not quite hurrying , with the two umpires strolling behind and a frigid few paces apart . |
| 8 | As of last week , all SCO engineers still assigned to the MIPS project — a paltry few by SCO 's own count — were redeployed to Intel development , now at least 150 strong , though SCO says it will attend the periodic meetings of ACE 's recently established executive board . |
| 9 | and what have you come down for a meal and we used to sit with the landlord having a having a natter whilst having a few few drinks and er yeah he he used to say er when we went up what do you fancy tonight ? |
| 10 | It had made for a lively few hours but now that they 'd gone the place seemed oddly , unnaturally quiet again . |
| 11 | We had to put it in erm oh what did we call it oh dear a little vice and er put a ball , about three inches long and then er put it into the plug and erm put the cap , the little brass cap but also the I 've made a mistake there , before we did that we had to put the natural plug in and in that plug there were five like aluminium coloured er pins , each of a different size and we had to learn to read the key for the various depths you see and we had boxes of pins with the different sizes in and er then put those in the plug and then push the key in and but we 'd got to , we got to file , we had to file the bars and also the little brass caps to get all the edge the , I forget what we used to call it now , off the cap to get it smooth and then get it in our own vice and screw , screw them down and there were thirty two , there were three key keys to each , each lock , and er we had to file them until they were ready and they worked easily push the key in properly , and we also used to put black lead in , you could not put oil because they would have stopped the springs working and we had a little box of ordinary oh like the black lead that we used to black lead the graves , put some on the key and push that then and work it round , and that was the erm that was made it work freely you see and then there was erm a half a gross to each board , and three , three keys to each one and then erm we , we filed the various things ourselves , but then they would take that away from you and bring you more you see and then when eventually the keys had to be polished and it was only a favourite few that were allowed to sit down to sort the keys out to com to complete them you see , but it was very very interesting work and I enjoyed being there but you |
| 12 | When the Liberation came , the French dealt with the open collaborators in a brutal few weeks of epuration — a purge in which some innocents suffered . |
| 13 | After a further few days I brought my suitcases up from London . |
| 14 | Sometimes as they fly , they tilt their bodies so that their tails dip into the water , and beat a further few strokes , renewing their impetus and extending their flight . |
| 15 | Her opinion of Nicole dropped a further few notches . |
| 16 | The four of us drifted in and out of sleep for a further few hours , then , miraculously , at about 4 pm , the fog lifted and the rain ceased . |
| 17 | There were a funny few minutes about John Major 's working class credentials but like Mills the rest of the act was a bit hackneyed . |
| 18 | A brave few are calling , quietly , for the old president to go . |
| 19 | More than once a brave few tried to break away . |
| 20 | A diminishing few of us will continue to come out of sheer love but many will not , especially the young . |
| 21 | In 1936 he wrote " Nowadays the trouble and expense involved in keeping a stud of hawks is so great that only a fortunate few are able to do so . " |
| 22 | In a limited sense and for a fortunate few who were related to the adult mule spinners with whom they worked , this may have been true . |
| 23 | They took full advantage of the opportunity to unwind after a torrid few weeks . |
| 24 | They cost the country a small fortune in lost time and health care every year , but only a limited few of prescribed ind industrial diseases are recognized . |
| 25 | Knew that she had warmed to him , that she wanted to ease his grief , and for a dangerous few seconds he thought he would cry . |
| 26 | A few , a tiny few , recognise how unreasonable this attitude is , but the overwhelming majority are for the time being standing firm . ’ |
| 27 | A serious few entered with a low dive , thrusting |
| 28 | Of particular importance to the family was the proximity of the synagogue itself , a mere few minutes walk through the park . |
| 29 | It can often arise even when people are a mere few pounds overweight . |
| 30 | Harley 's ball was lying a mere few inches from an out-of-bounds fence and was therefore unplayable by a right-handed golfer . |