Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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1 | Instead of towing amplified sweet nothings ahead of the school , they might do better to sit astern with a few well-chosen selections from The Osmonds ' Greatest Hits , or Singalongamax . |
2 | Only got in for a few minutes as half the church was there . |
3 | ‘ Even if he only lived here for a few years when he was small , I wanted him to know something of his roots , to be aware of his background . ’ |
4 | As the name suggests , the sole purpose of the group was to have fun , and perhaps show off to a few friends . |
5 | ( There is another argument , nowadays timidly advanced only by a few academics of the old hair-shirt tendency , that the white man has fixed the game , making it almost impossible for the others to get in . ) |
6 | Irish rugby is notorious for peaks and troughs , so look forward to a few peaks from now onwards . |
7 | I 've only popped in for a few minutes . |
8 | The rock is a unique form of conglomerate , so warming up on a few practice routes was needed to get a feel for it . |
9 | Erm we 'd better get on to a few other things . |
10 | just lie here for a few moments . |
11 | Lesley-Jane will be fine if she just rests up for a few days . |
12 | When Alain 's mother finally went inside with a few rueful shakes of her head and a pleased look on her face , Jenna decided to risk all . |
13 | ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’ |
14 | And if you 're just taking up gardening , it can be difficult to decide what you really need — to begin with you can easily get by with a few basic tools . |
15 | I was now at a bit of a loss as to what to do next , so I wandered upstairs to the room that housed the books covering my subject , just to check up on a few things . |
16 | This was the new name of a group which had already existed informally for a few years , with a number of representatives from well-known " reforming " Edinburgh families on its committee : the McLarens , Mairs and Stevensons for instance . |
17 | instead of just going , you should of said oh I just come up for a few days |
18 | ATP could always come up with a few money-spinners in its annual output , but the lavish location and studio work on Whom the Gods Love , Dean 's film on the life of Mozart , irritated board chairman Sir Stephen Courtauld , who began to argue that Dean was doing too much stage work , and had alienated George Formby . |
19 | This inherited , natural , passive ( the baby has not produced it ) immunity to , for example , measles and whooping cough usually lasts only for a few months after birth . |
20 | Caird also goes in for a few unnecessary stunts , such as having two of the ladies of the town played by men in drag . |
21 | ‘ Then , if you would also remain here for a few moments , Madame Ash , perhaps Madame Craig would be so kind as to come this way ? ’ |
22 | ‘ Witty , satirical , sketch-like poems on society which also hit hard at a few home truths … |
23 | The group 's sound engineer , Mike Stout , deputised and also stood in on the few occasions Solowka chose to attend Leeds United matches instead of gigs . |
24 | Of course , where the wealth goes is a problem , since it often ends up in a few hands . |
25 | He ( or she ) wo n't find a dead body in the foreshore , but he might well return home with a few cans of paint , a drum of oil , a host of seaborne lost offerings , or even a net of Spanish oranges tucked under his arm . |
26 | The fishermen showed us how to hold them safely and we invariably went home with a few , to watch , shocked , as Mother plunged them , alive , into boiling water . |
27 | It is possible that I even dozed off for a few seconds , exhausted by the day 's work . |
28 | Might as well sit down for a few minutes might n't we ? |
29 | ‘ 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 . |
30 | Ramesh K was then brought in for a few minutes . |