Example sentences of "a few [noun] of [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beetles , wasps , squirrels etc feed upon the leaves and acorns of the oak ; but a tree that weighs 100 tonnes may produce only a few tonnes of such provender each year . |
| 2 | After a few moments of uncomfortable silence , she said stubbornly , ‘ If you denigrate my life 's work , you shall not profit by it unless you apologize to me , Clare . ’ |
| 3 | Sometimes we need to reflect publicly , sometimes to provide space for a few moments of private reflection — this might mean the children sit quietly alone while the teacher asks questions which they respond to in their thoughts , or the reflection might take the form of a diary , or perhaps an " emotional map " charting the highs and lows of a journey/adventure/exploration . |
| 4 | The sound system 's speakers were like upended steamer trunks , one on top of another ; standing so close , the volume gave her a sensation in her ears like that of tearing paper and she experienced a few moments of sensory overload before she recognised the tune as New York , New York . |
| 5 | What makes them wait in seedy side rooms for a few moments of dangerous pleasure ? |
| 6 | After a few moments of apparent concentration , she handed the sticks to Lucien . |
| 7 | After a few moments of frozen hesitation , she realised that to refuse his offer would only reinforce his current impression that she was a frigid little puritan with hang-ups about physical contact . |
| 8 | Suffice it , that I had a few moments of fanciful pleasure . |
| 9 | After a few moments of confused reflection , he realized Tess had left the room . |
| 10 | He was looking directly at Bridges , but Bridges looked imperturbably back , and after a few moments of heavy silence Kegan coughed and returned to the paper in his hand . |
| 11 | It would be madness to throw it all away for a few moments of nerve-storming passion . |
| 12 | A few areas of early industrialization also suffered losses , in north-east Lancashire and West Yorkshire , where cramped sites based on water power were no longer economic . |
| 13 | There were a few areas of welcome grassland like the one that rose ahead of him almost as soon as he left the Park behind . |
| 14 | THERE were a few looks of mock horror as I walked through the door . |
| 15 | A few instances of forged documentation and fraud have subsequently occurred , but only to a limited extent . |
| 16 | All for a few inches of bloody zipper ! |
| 17 | By the time Folly opened her eyes , Luke 's lips were on hers , and all she could see was a few inches of gold-shadowed cheek and an ear . |
| 18 | When the winding extends around approximately half of the core cut off the end , leaving a few inches of spare wire and tape the wire down temporarily . |
| 19 | The design was complicated , with a serpentine pattern of dark blue and white with touches of black , and whoever was knitting it had completed only a few inches of ribbed welt . |
| 20 | The decanter , diminished by Timothy Gedge , still contained a few inches of amber liquid . |
| 21 | COLIN Jackson was within a few inches of Olympic disaster last night in his bid for the 110 metres hurdles crown . |
| 22 | If you are a small man , with only a few pounds of surplus weight , and are in a big hurry to lose it . |
| 23 | By the mid Triassic there were a few groups of large herbivore reptiles , called rhynchosaurs , who were distant relatives of the lizards . |
| 24 | The man threatened a cashier with a handgun in the raids which happened within a few hours of each other . |
| 25 | She still had a few hours of useful painting time left , but now she could not concentrate . |
| 26 | In a few hours of concentrated assault he could destroy months of determined surreptitious growth ; but then he would discover some other , overlooked area where things had been going to the dogs unheeded and some valiantly struggling patch of wood anemone or bluebells had been choked to the last gasp . |
| 27 | In b and c , the local times of each point were within a few hours of local noon and so the ClO values may be taken as qualitatively representative of the day maximum , which in run 4 reached 1.1p.p.b.v. at this level . |
| 28 | With me it has done well not only in a sheltered , sunny position ( the best conditions ) but also in a place where it has only a few hours of direct sunshine each day . |
| 29 | This may lead to catastrophic results in a few cases of late syphilis when the cardiovascular or nervous systems are involved . |
| 30 | As Weber ( 1963 ) points out , Sweden , Holland and Denmark are small nations with limited sized labour forces and only a few industries of major importance . |