Example sentences of "a few wisps of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of Santiaguito , there is little evidence that the dome is actually growing at all — one can sit and watch it for hours without seeing anything more than a few wisps of steam from the top — and it 's quite safe to scramble all over it . |
| 2 | It can not be very comfortable , for it consists merely of an uneven depression on top of the stone wall , barely softened by dust and a few wisps of hay . |
| 3 | Her body lay open before him , her only covering a few wisps of silk . |
| 4 | As a deep rumbling and a few wisps of smoke were produced by the yacht , he turned back to the Doctor . |
| 5 | I saw then , through the one eye that would open , that my fire was scattered , that only a few wisps of smoke rose here and there . |