Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a few [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The top picture was composed of agrimony leaves and alchemilla flowers , with the addition of a few pink larkspur and red hawthorn flowers . |
| 2 | Or was he intending for his debut feature to have just a limited run in a few European art houses ? |
| 3 | He knew he must look barely human , a robotic skeleton with a few charred scarecrow tatters hanging from the steel . |
| 4 | What follows is a consideration of a few vital food elements outlining their importance to the health of older people , and looking at the effect that dietary deficiency might have on what have hitherto been considered normal factors in the ageing process . |
| 5 | To make them easier to serve , we 've firmed up the mixture with a few fine cake crumbs so that they do n't melt the moment they hit room temperature . |
| 6 | With the exception of a few short magazine contributions and the revision of the serial The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved for publication in book form , it brought to an end a career in prose fiction which had seen the publication of 14 novels and some 40 stories , and earned Hardy a place among the greatest 19th-century novelists . |