Example sentences of "[adv prt] a few [noun pl] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the matches are wet , so we cram down a few handfuls of cheese and boiled sweets . |
| 2 | How ironic that she felt so alive in Piers 's company , the one man who could shrug her off as carelessly as he would shrug off a few flecks of sand from his T-shirt . |
| 3 | As a personal contribution to the stability of British industry ( who on earth invented that one ? ) may I pass on a few nuggets of advice : |
| 4 | Or go back to HQ , and try to think up a few lines of enquiry for the staff there to pursue — men and women looking progressively more unwashed and unkempt and incompetent as the small hours of the morning gradually wore on . |
| 5 | Surely it could not take this long to gather up a few baskets of food ? |
| 6 | I pulled up a few tufts of grass and covered the blood . |
| 7 | This brought out a few gasps of admiration from the onlookers . |
| 8 | When a police car arrived , one man hopefully pointed out a few spots of blood on the pavement , mentally drawing a chalk circle round them and marking off the area with official police tape . |
| 9 | It was certainly slow , but then computers somehow nowadays can take months to turn out a few seconds of screen time . |
| 10 | Well , she thought , it wo n't be difficult to judge how right I am , if I pay out a few yards of line for him . |