Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sheltered housing project in Thornaby has proved so popular that only a few flats are left . |
| 2 | It is interesting that only a few years ago Mr Albert Baker of Baker Bros. , Upper Halling , paid the Vicar part of the cost of wood he had cut in Halling woods . |
| 3 | The kind of boat fishing at sea that I 've always done has had quite a few fathoms below the boat , but here the water was clear and only a few feet deep , we were certainly less than one hundred yards offshore . |
| 4 | It seemed impossible that only a few hours before I had been happy in my cell at the aerodrome . |
| 5 | Maybe that 's just me , but that 's how I feel … there 's no warmth … just red paint around the outside and then a few splodges gone over with different coloured paint and [ he ] hoped for the best … |
| 6 | Several contractors have had it and it 's never been right and eventually a few days or weeks later a man comes round to pick up the grass which has already flown everywhere so it 's too late and a wa total waste of money . |
| 7 | Apply on stained areas , dry and reapply a few times . |
| 8 | He chose a way of loving which was so outrageous and costly that only a few friends could follow him into his dark night of the soul . |
| 9 | As long as only a few predators hunt in the same area , each aposematic family is likely to produce several survivors . |
| 10 | Since Alford was described on the ballot paper merely as ‘ The Labour Candidate ’ , it would not be surprising if quite a few voters were confused , and voted for him by mistake . |
| 11 | Maggie blushed , aware that quite a few men were looking at her now . |