Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a few [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Britain , at least , communications are dominated by a few millionaire proprietors and a few large conglomerate companies . |
| 2 | Despite many brands and designs , skiing hardware companies are owned by a few umbrella companies . |
| 3 | It was used for a few emergency landings by Royal Air Force planes during the recent Falklands War . |
| 4 | You think you can be safe by getting rid of a few hippy revolutionaries you used to know ? |
| 5 | Joseph fell seriously ill at this time , and so Ollokot , accompanied by a few Wellamotkin warriors and an elderly holy man , represented the Wallowa band . |
| 6 | Well , it was actually started by a few railway men , th right opposite Street there used to be hand laundry , and then there was a row of houses , from there , running up to the corner of Street where the club stands originally , but in the beginning it was just a row of small houses , and it started with a few railway men having a meet holding the meetings in this house , in these houses , and I 've got very dim memories of how it actually started but it was a real event when they were first , before they actually built the club it was run in the row of houses that ran from up Street as I say there was a little hand laundry corner of Street heading onto Street on the left hand side was the greengrocers , and that , they kept that greengrocers for as long as I can remember . |