Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mr Chairman erm I would like personally take up a suggestion that was in The Star about the possibility of a regional company being based at the playhouse in other words for a few months I would see it as people getting to know this company and rather like a repertory theatre of old then people would want to come and see these people in different roles and I think that would add to the you know repetitive . |
| 2 | She also sewed clothes for toys and puppets , tiny dresses and jackets for anthropomorphic bears and monkeys and robes and mantles in silks and velvets for the few puppets they sold in the shop and gowns and breeches for the tall puppets who performed in the theatre . |
| 3 | Some people did expect an awful lot from those youngsters for the few shillings they paid them . |
| 4 | Invitations come via playgroups but parents of the few children who do not attend one can contact the headteacher , Margaret Sutton , at the school . |
| 5 | Therefore the few staff sit up late at night to prepare lectures on a few things they know about and a lot of things they know not much about , and spend their time keeping one page ahead of the class and depending on the textbook . |
| 6 | Cavan 's biggest problem is tradition according to Reilly , so much so that if a manager does n't deliver the goods within a few years he 's gone and a new one comes along . |
| 7 | I tell the truth , honest I do ! " one was shouting , and it and a few others tugged at the lower edges of the few furs he still had on and pulling on his under-breeches where they appeared out of the top of his boots . |
| 8 | They mentioned the names of a few judges who they did not think highly of . |
| 9 | There are exceptions , of course ; anyone can quote the names of a few specialists who have attained local or even national eminence . |
| 10 | She was stitching the holes Rosie had managed to rip in the seat of his pants in the few seconds they were in her possession . |
| 11 | So he sat still and let her talk , murmuring answers to the few questions she asked him , trying to memorize details that might be important . |
| 12 | From videofilms shown to reporters in Saudi Arabia , and the reports of the few journalists who spent the first days of the war in Baghdad , other successful hits can be independently verified . |
| 13 | Such sentiments are confirmed by reports from the few dealers who make it into stockbroking offices . |
| 14 | Near nightfall he saw his younger sister Katya come out of the kitchens into the yard , saw her empty some slops for the few chickens who scuttled about . |
| 15 | One younger Welsh hill farmer used to go up ‘ to help his father in evenings with the few cattle they had ’ , but afterwards at supper the older man expected the grandchildren to keep silent , and if they spoke ‘ he 'd look at us fiercely . ’ |