Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] a few [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , since the grant only purchased a few hundred books , these tended to " disappear once distributed around the shelves . |
| 2 | The good coach always takes a few unissued licences along on the day for those who have forgotten theirs . |
| 3 | No there seems no logic in taking a , a long barrelled weapon er in as much as the team leader perhaps has a few more responsibilities than the other officers have and I would be going forward to handcuff whoever was in that bo er in that bedroom . |
| 4 | Show-jumping desperately needs a few more character horses . |
| 5 | DOS also provides a few other go-faster bits and bobs , some of which are useful , some less so . |
| 6 | Along the tunnel there exist a few modest zones of safety . |
| 7 | The century also delivered a few gorgeous formal feminine odes : the Countess of Winchilsea 's address ‘ To Spleen ’ and Henrietta O'Neill 's ‘ Ode to the Poppy ’ , with its almost Keatsian languor . |