Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It is not known why this occurs in a few animals after strangles infection .
2 These contrast with a few words which suggest a faint potential disturbance of the underlying calmness : animated , glitter , gleams , ripple .
3 The individual trials lasted no more than five minutes each followed by a few minutes ' deliberation .
4 It 's all done in a few seconds , which means it 's even harder for you to fend off the messages ; they go in subliminally , which means you are n't aware of them .
5 It all happened in a few seconds .
6 The cost of evening courses or those consisting of a few sessions in a school of nursing cost considerably less than residential week long courses or part-time variations held over a period of several months .
7 Sandwiched between the pair is a vast array of goods , ranging from the luxurious to the novel , the exorbitantly priced to those selling for a few pounds .
8 He was 128th in driving accuracy , 180th in sand saves , 192nd , which is to say dead last , in sub-par holes ( percentage of eagles and birdies ) , 191st ( or second-to-last ) in scoring average , dead last in both putting on the few greens he hit in regulation and in total putts ( which means that when he missed a green , he seldom got it up and down ) , and dead last again in shooting birdies on par-3s , par-4s and par-5s .
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