Example sentences of "with a [det] [noun pl] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | One minute there he was with a few scraps of grey hair plastered across his scalp — the next he looks like a prizewinner at Cruft 's Dog Show . |
2 | I cite G.M. Musgrave , sketcher , traveller , memoirist , and vicar of Borden , Kent : author of The Parson , Pen and Pencil , or , Reminiscences and Illustrations of an Excursion to Paris , Tours , and Rouen , in the Summer of 1847 ; with a few Memoranda on French Farming ( Richard Bentley , London , 1848 ) and of A Ramble Through Normandy , or , Scenes , Characters and Incidents in a Sketching Excursion Through Calvados ( David Bogue , London , 1855 ) . |
3 | Colour is even more limited than before , and the palette for the succeeding years is established : some of the paintings are in earth colours , greys and blacks , with a few touches of dull green , while others are in softer grey-blues and buffs . |
4 | The Chorleywood Bread Process , introduced in 1961 , replaces a long ‘ proving ’ with a few minutes of intense mechanical mixing . |
5 | ‘ Try a selection from the Desert Song , topped up with a few choruses of Cool clear Water , Midnight at the Oasis or Caravans which may convince your bird that it has come to wrong place . |
6 | He satisfied himself with a few words of hurried consultation during a House of Commons debate . |
7 | Begin this pan with a few seconds of static shot ( remembering to allow for the backspace time ) and continue the shot for a few more seconds when you reach the end of the pan . |
8 | RCO had tried to brighten up their corner of the third floor with a few gallons of inexpensive paint . |
9 | So with summer holiday time coming up we thought we 'd help the late planners among you with a few ideas on great areas to go walking . |
10 | What they had achieved with a few weeks of supplementary feeding was remarkable . |
11 | The principal beneficiaries were those who moved to the new houses built in the postwar housing drives , which ( with a few exceptions in remote rural areas ) all had electricity as a basic service . |
12 | Add it to the icing sugar , together with a few drops of yellow food colouring . |
13 | Hard boil your eggs with a few drops of pink dye or coffee grains to make them skin-coloured . |
14 | Mesmerised by that wagging right hand , the South Africans he blew away on that dramatic fifth morning at the Kensington Oval in April could certainly have done with a few chunks of green kryptonite . |
15 | Before leaving Britain we 'd learnt that the hike up to Mount Kenya 's ‘ walkers summit ’ , Point Lenana , was not too demanding , and that the climbing route up to the twin summits of Batian and Nelion was graded mainly Diff , with a few patches of Severe , so we were n't expecting any technical problems . |
16 | The road goes through a small hamlet where there is a pond , a few square metres of tired water with a few pieces of rusty iron breaking its surface . |