Example sentences of "a few [noun] of [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I pulled up a few tufts of grass and covered the blood . |
| 32 | ‘ Cheap , ’ Rose replied , quoting the pusher , ‘ the price of a few gallons of petrol and you 're off to paradise . ’ |
| 33 | I sorted out old toys into boxes , got a few rolls of carpet and wallpaper back into their places from where they 'd fallen , pinned a couple of maps back on to the sloping wooden under-roof , cleared away some of the tools and bits and pieces that I 'd used to repair the Factory , and loaded the various sections of the Factory that needed to be loaded . |
| 34 | Many species will , in complete darkness , utter a few snatches of song if disturbed at their roosts . |
| 35 | The table was littered with shrimp whiskers , the sponge-cake gobbled up to the last crumb — but all she could do was to sip painfully at a meagre cup of tea and toy with a few shoots of mustard and cress , although she had prepared the extensive meal . |
| 36 | What you can do with a two-ounce jar of smoked cod 's roe , a few spoonfuls of oil and a potato is quite a revelation to many people . |
| 37 | After a few days of trial and error I devised a system of categorising my work four times during the day ; on an early shift , for example , at approximately 10.00am , 1.00pm , 3.00pm and on leaving for the day . |
| 38 | After a few days of sun-oil and cold showers , she even had the nerve to seek the shade and grumble a little at the sweat and the glare of it all . |
| 39 | Most of these rural craftsmen were still part-time farmers or cottagers with a few acres of land and rights on the commons and wastes . |
| 40 | A few bolts of lightning and clouds of smoke later , Turbo was born ! |
| 41 | Some people who comply well with all that is suggested to them may have done little more than comply ( incidentally , much of the " normal " first year of recovery is reckoned to be little more than compliance ) and think erroneously after a few weeks of treatment that they have learnt all they need to know and have done all they need to do to remain free from addictive disease . |
| 42 | A few weeks of war and from what the psychiatrists are saying more than half of them are shattered for life . |
| 43 | If the fondant feels a little dry , add a few drops of water and knead in well . |
| 44 | A few drops of lavender or marjoram oil in a small bowl of warm water by the patient 's bed may aid relaxation and promote sleep . |
| 45 | If necessary a small soda-water bottle with cap will do — add 150ml of distilled or purified water together with a few drops of vodka or brandy . |
| 46 | Oh got to produce a few sheets of stuff and we 've got ta get the addresses of the bases and get it distributed and it 's a task I 'm gon na pass on |
| 47 | A good idea can therefore be brought to a successful and polished conclusion in a very short time at the cost of only a few sheets of paper and with the minimum of effort . |
| 48 | Add the bay leaf and a few flecks of butter and bake four about 15 minutes . |
| 49 | For a convincing construction of a normal form it is not enough merely to list a few types of equivalence that can arise and show how to deal with them . |
| 50 | She last saw him on January 16 when he packed a few items of clothing and left home . |
| 51 | All the matches are wet , so we cram down a few handfuls of cheese and boiled sweets . |
| 52 | ‘ Apart from a few pieces of glass and steel which had been gifts from my family and had sentimental value , I let her run riot among my other acquisitions . |