Example sentences of "a few [adj] [noun pl] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that they get quite a few injured badgers this time of year . |
| 2 | PERHAPS foreshadowing a few desperate reactions this morning life-jacket , parachute and ejector seat specialist Wardle Storeys rose 12 to 376p . |
| 3 | Now the USSR catches only a few hundred belugas each year , not only because of enforced catch limits , but because these impressive creatures just are no longer there to be caught in such numbers . |
| 4 | At Beechgrove we have a well-established standard fuchsia , ‘ Dollar Princess ’ , with cerise sepals and a deep purple corolla , but Bill has done well in training a few new standards this summer and intends to give them early protection this year . |
| 5 | After a pause we continued , but in a few more minutes another note came through saying that further resignations were expected . |
| 6 | In a few more moments this love scene would have reached the point of no return . |
| 7 | I struggled with a makeshift skipping rope and tried to do a few more press-ups each day ; it was not much fun . |