Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [coord] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 In front of him were squat columns of coins and a few cheques .
2 Jet beads , bone needles and pins and spoons , bronze horse-trappings and a tile of the IXth Legion lay on a stone table with a collection of coins and a few pieces of gold jewellery .
3 He said it 's a couple of cocks and a few leeks chucked in .
4 ‘ Do n't worry — there 's only a cloak , a couple of gowns and a few blouses .
5 There was only a handful of tourists and a few gardeners in orange overalls and hard yellow hats batting the undergrowth down and checking the stonework .
6 It 's very much concerned with the training and Ministry of Elders and a few weeks ago a part of our programme we held a very successful and lively meeting on the subject of church membership .
7 An increasing number of archivists and a few historians are coming to believe that a major change has taken place in the manner in which human society creates the evidence which will be used by the historians who , in the future , come to write about the late twentieth century ( Morris , et. al. 1992 ) .
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