Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [art] few [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ate a gargantuan meal , starting with some plovers ' eggs they had overlooked earlier , working on through a few roast geese with a brace or so of ducklings on the side , and ending with one half of a cheese and a couple of bowls of fruit . |
| 2 | Afterwards the whole group stayed on for a few extra days . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , actually , this is such a beautiful place , I was thinking of maybe staying on for a few extra days , ’ she invented hastily , knowing her mother would worry herself silly if she knew the half of it — let alone that her car had packed up . |
| 4 | So , the tree which from which bows used in the Battle of Agincourt could have been fashioned seems set to live on for a few more generations yet . |
| 5 | And so it went on for a few more minutes and then Anna returned , bearing a red packet labelled " Marlboro " . |
| 6 | We carried on for a few more yards , then retraced our steps down to the main level and back out into the sunshine . |
| 7 | The Steady State Theory floundered on for a few more years , being continually revised , but eventually its three proponents conceded defeat . |
| 8 | ‘ But if you carry on for a few more days on an unofficial basis , that 's your business . |
| 9 | I can go on for a few more days . |
| 10 | The weather was still warm and sunny , though , an Indian summer that looked like stretching on for a few more days yet . |
| 11 | Caird also goes in for a few unnecessary stunts , such as having two of the ladies of the town played by men in drag . |
| 12 | So the criticisms levelled against citation analysis as guide to value in science distil down into a few fragmentary points that any sensible funding body would be more than capable of bearing in mind . |
| 13 | This is a standard way to implement word processing : the ‘ pool ’ breaks secretarial work down into a few routine activities like typing , making travel reservations and answering the phone . |
| 14 | " I acquired it from him myself , along with a few other incidentals . |
| 15 | Along with a few other consequences , the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia ‘ means my Russian visit is affected . ’ |
| 16 | After three days slight fungus was observed on the damaged fins , along with a few white spots . |
| 17 | Bottles of Coke , Tizer and Pepsi were lined up , along with a few token bottles of Perrier and Evian . |
| 18 | All the usual commands are accepted , along with a few unique nouns invented by the author — LOUN for LOOK UNDER , LOBE for LOOK BEHIND , etc . |
| 19 | But anyway , the whole problem we face now is how to do more samples because we 're only looking at intercourse in the cores of , say , a thousand or two thousand year spacing , we 've got to get down to a few hundred year spacing to really see some of the changes in climate that we know have gone on . |
| 20 | Diving down to a few hundred feet over Hal Far , Müncheberg then claimed another at 0754 as it was landing , but having no witness of this was credited only with a probable , although it was subsequently included in his score . |
| 21 | Fisons enjoyed another buoyant session , helped along by a few comforting words from broker Hoare Govett , who hosted a presentation to institutions on Wednesday . |
| 22 | But , and I 'm not promising , the sun might break through in a few favoured spots . |
| 23 | I had thrown away my chances in life , pawned them off for a few cheap thrills . |
| 24 | Lori dominated the table and Travis urged her on with a few well-chosen words . |
| 25 | The Powell Duffryn Company came into its own , buying pits up for a few thousand pounds , shutting them down , throwing hundreds out of work . |
| 26 | Sometimes the German fighters followed the bombers back to their bases , and then when they saw the flare path light up for a few brief moments to guide the homecoming aircraft down , they would open up with their guns . |
| 27 | Just for a change I teamed up with a few fellow warriors to take on the Witchlord in Gremlin 's RPG-for-the-masses , Heroquest . |
| 28 | We have recently had another Degree Day and an opportunity to meet up with a few familiar faces . |
| 29 | The most enduring band of their time now seem like a memory bound up in a few classic singles and a reputation for ‘ nuttiness ’ . |
| 30 | The control Store , containing up to a few thousand words , is set up initially with bit patterns representing the microprograms for the instruction set to be implemented . |