Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [art] few [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rent a horse or a motor bike and explore on a few leisurely sorties . |
| 2 | Because they they 've condensed it and just put in a few little bits and pieces ! |
| 3 | It left the world unchanged save in a few interesting particulars . |
| 4 | A company which does not allow a woman to return to work after maternity leave is regarded ( save in a few exceptional circumstances described in the small print of the legislation ) as having dismissed her . |
| 5 | Most of the other stars that are visible to the naked eye lie within a few hundred light-years of us . |
| 6 | Scatter with a few crystallised flowers if available . |
| 7 | or if we 're stuck get our heads together and drag in a few extra bodies |
| 8 | Blend for a few more seconds . |
| 9 | This stands for Cooperative Awards in Science and Engineering and erm under this scheme , a company erm can have a problem tackled by a research student working in a university and erm a supervisor , and indeed in this case , the input , the financial input , by the company may be quite small , may only amount to a few hundred pounds . |
| 10 | Throughout the lunar core samples , which extend well below a few millimetres , the exposure ages of the grains are similar at all depths and correspond to a few million years exposure to the cosmic-ray intensity in the present Solar System . |
| 11 | Premiums start at a few hundred pounds for an indemnity limit of £100,000 and rise to tens of thousands for larger international charities . |
| 12 | Where once they flew in such flocks that they threw shadows over the earth , they now survive in a few straggling colonies . |
| 13 | Their seeds had remained dormant underground for years or come from a few surviving specimens . |