Example sentences of "a few [noun] [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holy chaos reigned for a few moments while all heaven was let loose . |
| 2 | Just a few hours before this programme went to press we spotted a tremendously exciting traditional band at the Lorient Interceltic Festival in Brittany and invited them to join us tonight . |
| 3 | Where " events " last longer than a few hours or one day , the need for order in the relationship is increased . |
| 4 | But even allowing for those one strong young man could have come up the stairs to Wolski 's room and in a few minutes and one journey have stripped that soulless place of all evidence that for almost three decades , since 1946 , Wolski had lived there . |
| 5 | We take our clothes off and I stick my penis into you and pull it in and out for a few minutes and white stuff comes out and you say ‘ Is that it ? ’ |
| 6 | The fish have bred a few times but each time the fry have died . |
| 7 | In Latin America , Africa , and Asia , peasants might make a similar journey to market with a few chickens or other stock and produce if the fare were low enough to leave some profit . |
| 8 | This created a few problems as intense rivalry was felt between the children from the two towns . |
| 9 | Colwyn Bay and Llandudno for undersized codling , a few whiting and odd dab . |
| 10 | There was a little park — well , a few trees and some grass strewn with litter . |
| 11 | ‘ So I bought a few chisels and some wood and had a go . |
| 12 | A few days after this impromptu but cataclysmic dialogue , Gould and Darwin presented papers together at the Zoological Society meeting of 14 March on the two species of ostrich Darwin had found in Avestruz in Patagonia . |
| 13 | The therapist realized that some changes in the couples ' situation would have to occur within a few days if another crisis were to be avoided . |
| 14 | These latter worked on route 7 to Uxbridge and a few weeks before that route was to be converted to trolleybus operation , they were each fitted out with plough carriers and the necessary switch gear for conduit operation , so that they could make their own way under power to whichever depôt they were sent . |
| 15 | Oddly enough , a few weeks before this road was opened , a fine , informative film was shown on British television describing the lives of the Basque shepherding community of the Sainte-Engrâce valley . |
| 16 | For a few seconds that stony-visaged politician looked kindly and I realised that , apart from his mistress , Benjamin was one of the few people Wolsey really loved . |
| 17 | With the exception of a few books and some china , everything had had to go ; for there were those bills to be paid , and besides , they needed every penny they could get . |