Example sentences of "and a few [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The meagre rations — two lumps of meat and a few strands of pasta in thin soup — were to last them both for the whole day . |
| 2 | It can not be very comfortable , for it consists merely of an uneven depression on top of the stone wall , barely softened by dust and a few wisps of hay . |
| 3 | As a deep rumbling and a few wisps of smoke were produced by the yacht , he turned back to the Doctor . |
| 4 | So I made myself at home at the Golden Turk ; the two-faced landlord greeted me civilly enough , providing a chamber on the second floor with a pallet bed and a few sticks of furniture . |
| 5 | From behind us , from the Muslim district of Shiyah , came about 20 people , husbands and wives and a few girls in summer dresses and a man with two little boys walking beside him . |
| 6 | Ellis has sent us some veal and ham pie and a few half-bottles of champagne : I must keep playing on his guilt . |
| 7 | SEPARATED BY just a few miles in distance and a few hours in time , the West 's most powerful central banker and the Soviet prime minister were yesterday at one : immediate and full scale price reform would only confront the Soviet Union with runaway inflation . |
| 8 | In the past the normal essay was handed in complete in final draft , and marked with a grade and a few sentences of comment from the teacher . |
| 9 | Surgical exploration confirmed pancreatitis with peritoneal petechiae and a few areas of cytosteatonecrosis . |
| 10 | Time was that decor in a tank consisted of a backdrop , a gravel substrate and a few bits of rock from the back garden that you hoped were inert and would n't affect water chemistry . |
| 11 | There 's a brand new Jag and a few bits of plant up there that need to be repossessed as quickly as possible . |
| 12 | You 'll need two plastic buckets , a couple of pounds of ‘ pea shingle ’ from the local builders ' merchant and a few drops of rosemary oil available from health stores or chemists . |
| 13 | Followed by one grated fresh apple topped with a quarter of a pint of vanilla-flavoured custard ( make half a pint of custard , adding a little extra sugar and a few drops of vanilla essence , and save half of it in the refrigerator for Friday ) . |
| 14 | Outside , the thunder rolled more loudly , and a few drops of rain began to plop against the thatch above their heads . |
| 15 | Still he and Child were able to give some advice based on their experiences with African elephants — and a few words of warning . |
| 16 | Turning to give his wife a look of gentleness and a few words of encouragement , he opened the door , his men fell in behind him and they left . |
| 17 | It is worth quoting here from a speech made by Gladstone when he opened St Martin-in-the-Fields public library a hundred years ago , and a few words in answer by W.H. Smith who , incidentally , was of the opposite political persuasion : party politics were not involved in these vital matters then . |
| 18 | I can do nothing to help except give them good references and a few quid to tide them over . |
| 19 | Jet beads , bone needles and pins and spoons , bronze horse-trappings and a tile of the IXth Legion lay on a stone table with a collection of coins and a few pieces of gold jewellery . |
| 20 | It is essential to provide places where the more sensitive species of marine fish can retire and a few pieces of rock to simulate their natural reef environment makes for a much more natural and stress-free environment . |
| 21 | It is not clear why : a pH change would affect other creatures and a few bales of straw are unlikely to affect the natural buffering action of the large amount of silt and decaying plant material already present . |
| 22 | Not too large , but with adequate stabling and a few acres of grazing . ’ |
| 23 | The testimony of those whose lives have been transformed by his work is very affecting : bonded labourers , now members of the union , some bonded for three generations for the sake of a loan of Rs200 ( £5 ) and a few kilos of padi ; now learning a trade through the ‘ polytechnics ’ established by the Chattisgarh Liberation Front . |
| 24 | Add the bay leaf and a few flecks of butter and bake four about 15 minutes . |
| 25 | A bone needle , some animal bones and a few sherds of pottery were found here . |
| 26 | The northern Swedish Mountain variety is white , with black ( or red ) ears and muzzle and a few freckles of colour on the neck and sides ; it is similar to Norway 's Blacksided Trondheim and Nordland and to the North Finnish . |
| 27 | Erm , the conditions were erm slightly different on the second floor , in the sense that there were a few , few people and a few items of equipment erm , and there is a relatively great density of staff on the first floor than I would have found . |