Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a few [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Without bothering to confirm the report , Guretzky-Cornitz passed it on to Army HQ , embellished with a few boastful addenda of his own .
2 Most of these thriving places had been old market centres ; only Oldham had grown from a few scattered moorland hamlets .
3 Whether it has been recently fired will only be shown with a few additional laboratory tests .
4 All too often a patio is merely an area of plain paving slabs furnished with a few metal-framed sun loungers , which are functional but hardly attractive .
5 The pale , polished maplewood floor was strewn with a few vibrant kelim rugs .
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