Example sentences of "[adv] a few [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had perhaps a few spoonfuls of oil ; she was told to pour those minute contents of her jar into jars that might have held a hundred times as much as she had . |
| 2 | An individual GP probably gets to see only a few cases of Meningitis in his career . |
| 3 | I try to get through this stage of painting with only a few sticks of colour . |
| 4 | I try to get through this stage of painting with only a few sticks of colour . |
| 5 | With only a few islands of relief the Government did very badly in by-elections front the autumn of 1933 to the spring of 1935 . |
| 6 | I 've nothing against these two teams , but to be deprived of the euphoric English faces after only a few minutes of joy and achievement was an insult . |
| 7 | Comrade Chang , the cadre , speaks only a few phrases of English , but seems a very pleasant man . |
| 8 | There were only a few spots of blood and all I could think about was how Mum must n't see them . |
| 9 | Tomorrow morning , just the odd light shower about anywhere , but only a few spots of rain , it wo n't be long before the sun comes out yet again . |
| 10 | I saw then , through the one eye that would open , that my fire was scattered , that only a few wisps of smoke rose here and there . |
| 11 | In this day and age , 100MB is average , and people quite often discover that they 've got only a few kilobytes of space left , and usually at the most inopportune times . |
| 12 | ‘ Swainmotes ’ were held at Weybridge in Huntingdon Forest at Midsummer , Michaelmas and Martinmas in the middle of the fifteenth century , but only a few presentments of venison trespasses by husbandmen were presented by the foresters before the verderers between 1451 and 1455 . |
| 13 | Only a few rows of shaping are needed and the results are excellent . |
| 14 | She and Herbert had enjoyed only a few years of happiness together . |
| 15 | With the addition of the large numbers of children and teenagers who have had only a few years of schooling , rates of illiteracy of well over 50 per cent seem entirely credible ( see Chapter 16 ) . |
| 16 | This brief article has necessarily picked out only a few aspects of diamond . |
| 17 | A good idea can therefore be brought to a successful and polished conclusion in a very short time at the cost of only a few sheets of paper and with the minimum of effort . |
| 18 | Public perception of the war in Europe was of a senseless conflict fought out in the mud and filth of Flanders , with thousands killed each day for the sake of only a few yards of territory soon lost in the next offensive . |
| 19 | Each produces only a few drops of nectar at a time . |
| 20 | Only a few causes of death for women illustrate a reverse class gradient ( malignant neoplasm of the breast , malignant neoplasm of the brain , malignant melanoma of the skin and acute lymphoid leukaemia ) . |
| 21 | To have accumulated only a few examples of candidate black holes might sound rather a thin result . |
| 22 | For example , only a few clients of Credit Data say that they require every single item of information on file about any credit applicant . |
| 23 | Now , however , she was dying of tuberculosis and , with only a few weeks of life left , the past was very much on her mind . |
| 24 | She swept the towel from the back of his neck , flicking away a few strands of hair . |
| 25 | Someone or something had been through the fridge and taken away a few samples of earthling diet — a chilli con carne and a cold lasagne that was probably even now being scoffed by a load of blobs up in the ionosphere . |
| 26 | There were just a few strands of grey in his hair , faint lines around his eyes and the sensuous mouth . |
| 27 | You will find it much easier if you can bring yourself to take the very positive attitude that today the two of you are going to share just a few hours of life together : time that can never come again . |
| 28 | With just a few bits of metal and lots of imagination , Meccano addicts can build anything from a replica of Blackpool Tower to a Lancaster bomber . |
| 29 | Just a few bits of timber really . " |
| 30 | I would describe our time in Siret as being able to see just a few rays of light in a very dark week . |