Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [conj] [det] [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 | The fish have bred a few times but each time the fry have died . |
4 | There was a little park — well , a few trees and some grass strewn with litter . |
5 | ‘ So I bought a few chisels and some wood and had a go . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |