Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [coord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having completed his course , he found that there were few vacancies for horticulturists and he is once again on the dole . |
| 2 | In a year or two he should have a decent sized flock — of course he 's not normally down here this early , he only has a bit of a stable down here that he rents for the summer along with his few acres of grass and his bit of land for cultivation . |
| 3 | To be fair most of us were P C's for quite a few years without radios and we worked out extremely well did n't we , without those radios |
| 4 | I know if I get into trouble again I 'll be done for the arson charge and breach of probation , and that means a few years in jail and I could n't handle it . |
| 5 | And then we stayed a few days in London and we went to the Baths and we went to the zoo and we went to all the science , by either the old trams or the first of the buses that Cos they complete with tram-riding and that was rather exciting in London , seeing the all the top hats and people in coats , tails and things . |
| 6 | They spent those few days in Blackpool and she last saw him as he left for duty from Chester station . |
| 7 | They spent those few days in Blackpool and she last saw him as he left for duty from Chester railway station . |
| 8 | Of course , these things can happen really , er especially if er , one of two of the guests , I 'm not suggesting your mother 's guests er over-imbibed , but one or two of the guests do have a few jars over Christmas and they get up to all sorts of things in the house do n't they ? |
| 9 | Children may be given tetanus vaccination in the first few weeks of life and its importance is underlined by its inclusion in the primary recommended vaccination schedules which begins at two months . |
| 10 | THERE are few guarantees in politics but it is a more than reasonable bet that John Major and Bill Clinton will both be smiling and behaving as if they are buddies when they give a press conference at the White House tomorrow afternoon . |
| 11 | ‘ I only had a few glasses of wine and I 'm sure the police waited for me . |
| 12 | ‘ Cheap , ’ Rose replied , quoting the pusher , ‘ the price of a few gallons of petrol and you 're off to paradise . ’ |
| 13 | Until now few agreements between artists and their dealers were written down , but the decision by Sonnabend gallery to sue artist Peter Halley for breach of contract and damages may change all this . |
| 14 | This book does contain a few games with winners but I must say that , on the whole , I do not like elimination games . |
| 15 | With just a few bits of metal and lots of imagination , Meccano addicts can build anything from a replica of Blackpool Tower to a Lancaster bomber . |
| 16 | Everything was apparently under control until the last few seconds of flight and he was so busy trying to sort it out that fear had no time to grow . |
| 17 | Oh got to produce a few sheets of stuff and we 've got ta get the addresses of the bases and get it distributed and it 's a task I 'm gon na pass on |
| 18 | There are few examples outside Kent and none of those found in the upper Thames valley seem to have been buried as complete sets . |
| 19 | They missed a few kicks at goal but they nailed Northampton to their line and worked up such a storm that they had them scurrying all ways . |
| 20 | ‘ It helps to be a woman and I can exploit that when it suits because there are so few women in Parliament and it concerns a lot of people . |