Example sentences of "a few [adj] [noun] [adj] [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 | ‘ Even the rates saving can mean a few thousand pounds additional profit per partner , ’ he says . |
| 5 | All animals more than a few thousand cells big need to have some sort of scaffolding to keep their bodies in shape . |
| 6 | There 's going to be a few new faces next term . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | JACK NICHOLSON 'S latest blockbuster A Few Good Men smashed box office records taking £10.6 million over its opening weekend . |
| 9 | It was at Jarama that we first saw Derek Gardner 's revolutionary six-wheeled car and it was there , too , that a few silly millimetres deprived Hunt of his first victory of the season , achieved against stern opposition from his team-mate Jochen Mass and a Niki Lauda who had been quite seriously injured in a tractor accident back in Austria and was therefore not entirely fit . |
| 10 | After a pause we continued , but in a few more minutes another note came through saying that further resignations were expected . |
| 11 | In a few more moments this love scene would have reached the point of no return . |
| 12 | I want to take part in a few more races next year and you 'll never hear of a plump jockey winning races . ’ |
| 13 | I struggled with a makeshift skipping rope and tried to do a few more press-ups each day ; it was not much fun . |
| 14 | As a special treat for finches , plant a few giant sunflowers next year . |