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 .
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