Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I agree but I think that anybody who speaks in public , you have nervousness beforehand and the moment you go to talk to the people you know what you 're going to say , you have a few notes in front of you and you talk to the people , if that is your job . |
| 2 | An individual GP probably gets to see only a few cases of Meningitis in his career . |
| 3 | Moxon showed few signs of discomfort during his 231-ball innings but his blackened finger afterwards was testimony to the fact that he had played in pain . |
| 4 | Do you think you have a few views in common with your workmates or do you think that when you 're talking things come out that you kind of like minded about things , maybe because of the job you 're doing , and the place you work in , you know like maybe like politics or something , |
| 5 | She came back slowly , thoughtfully , and stood a few paces in front of him as she lit up . |
| 6 | ‘ The young man you saw merely exchanged a few words in English with me , and his arm was on the back of the seat — not cuddling me ! |
| 7 | They were close up to the car when the brown-haired man of average build left his car and Ven Gajdusek halted to exchange a few words in Czech with him . |
| 8 | Those few months with Justina in our family were very happy for us , and the friendship with both these couples and their children has continued , though unfortunately great distances now separate us and we can only communicate by letter and send photographs . |
| 9 | After about half an hour 's unsteady plodding along the sand , leaving dinosaur hoofprints and a small steaming roundabout in the middle of the beach , my buffalo turned back for home , slotted a few heads of corn into his cheeks by the way of reward and let me dismount . |
| 10 | At the same time the appetite of those few readers for books in their category will not necessarily be any smaller than that of readers in a large interest category . |
| 11 | There 's quite a few restaurants with people in them having their tea . |
| 12 | Soon the mist grew thicker and he could see only a few feet in front of him . |
| 13 | At first the glare from Lucifer — extending beyond Moloch 's ice-locked horizon , and reflecting from Belial high above — turned the depths of space into a flat black backdrop that could just as well have been suspended a few feet in front of her eyes . |
| 14 | Choosing to turn a blind eye to the unlikely drama that was unfolding a few feet in front of her , she merely expressed her gratitude for the imitation topaz bangle that she 'd just unwrapped , before turning on her heels and heading downstairs to catch the special seasonal episode of Crossroads . |
| 15 | There was little Luch could do , apart from laying aside a few blocks of honeycomb for her . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought if I planted a few seeds of jealousy in your mind it might just drive you into my arms that little bit sooner . ’ |
| 17 | Daedalus is designing a novel house extension , a variable-pressure bedroom , which may purchase an extra few years of life for its proud owners by slowing the metabolic rate of that third of their lifetime which they spend asleep . |
| 18 | A few years of storms with plenty of rain would probably have undermined this place anyway . |
| 19 | Anne managed to get a few days off work during his ten-day leave , and as he had few relatives to visit , they were able to spend blissful hours alone . |
| 20 | In January 1962 I drove to Banbury in the snow , a few days in advance of my family and the general removal . |
| 21 | I shall place a few grains of corn on her head and allow the hen to peck them off her scalp for a minute or two . |
| 22 | I suppose that there are very few places on Moila from which one can not see the sea . |
| 23 | By then , though , many communities had their clubs and institutes , among the few places of pleasure on their barren landscape , or miners ' " casinos ' , as one aggrieved Durham clergyman called them . |
| 24 | It also seems that it might be helpful if teachers were aware of those among their pupils with particularly unsupportive home lives , that is , with few sources outside school from which they might derive a sense of their own value . |
| 25 | I drink the last few drops of water from my flask . |
| 26 | To polish the edge , use a piece of hardwood with a few drops of oil on it . |
| 27 | Shivering , she brushed a few drops of rain from her face , glad when Rune returned in a few minutes in the promised taxi . |
| 28 | He put two ashtrays full of smouldering butts either side of the field of combat , and sprinkled a few drops of fuel from his lighter on each . |
| 29 | There were few terms of reference for our operations and no previous squad activity to base our actions on . |
| 30 | She responded , but almost as if I was n't there , so I did a few gestures in front of her face — Signalman Flagging Down Runaway Express , sort of thing — and she briefly focused on me and laughed and then went back into her secret nuptial sett . |