Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [noun] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would guarantee " the perfect security of all the principal statesmen in the House from the effects of local or individual prejudices or enmities … [ or ] some accidental offence to a few individual members of a constituency , or some petty and miserable pique " . |
| 2 | ‘ Christ ! ’ she exploded , ‘ all this bloody drama over a few kisses ! ’ |
| 3 | This economical use of a few key terms to embrace large clusters of kinsfolk Morgan called ‘ classificatory ’ . |
| 4 | We mere peasant members are asked , in practice if not in theory , merely to murmur reverentially a few names of a few decent people into a few of the proper ears , who will then look after everything for us . |
| 5 | They talked in this desultory fashion for a few minutes , then when she heard them bid one another goodnight she ducked quickly under her mosquito net and lay down without undressing . |
| 6 | There 's a cosy hotel bar and although there 's no restaurant in the hotel , there are many good establishments within a few minutes walk . |
| 7 | She did not think it wise to add she had suffered so many traumatic incidents in a few days that this was a minor one , nor that her knees had turned to water and refused to hold her up any longer . |
| 8 | With perfect bad timing Inge , the au pair , had left that very morning on a few days ' holiday , and tomorrow was Nettie the housekeeper 's day off . |
| 9 | It is impossible to summarise the effect of that complicated case in a few lines , but in practical terms the High Court of Australia found duress to exist in the possibility that the state might seize the plaintiff 's property . |
| 10 | Ford dealers Quicks of Altrincham had more potential customers in the few hours after Mr Lamont 's speech than they 'd seen all week . |
| 11 | They can not then use that small amount for the few personal items that they may want to buy when they are in residential homes . |
| 12 | Any budding Napoleon with a few hours to spare — or a few days , for some games — can choose from titles such as ‘ Butcher of Baghdad ’ , ‘ Gulf Strike ’ and ‘ Line in the Sand ’ . |
| 13 | Heaven knew she 'd been the subject of enough prurient curiosity in the few short weeks she 'd been running the club . |
| 14 | See what happened overleaf when we went north to practise our own floral wizardry on a few of those bright young Mancunians … |
| 15 | In both cases the composition and osmolarity are crucial to success and it is advisable to test any new batch on a few embryos before committing the entire culture to the treatment . |