Example sentences of "few [noun pl] of [noun] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were a few minutes of silence as everyone concentrated on their food . |
| 2 | They have both been to school and like to speak their few words of English when their elders are not looking . ) |
| 3 | There were a few areas of life where he had not been involved — his interests ranged from Stockport Infirmary to the Territorial Army , Stockport Lads ' Club to the Boy Scouts , the Trustee Savings Bank to the NSPCC . |
| 4 | The other evening , with the help of a lot of film , he put the spotlight on a very few areas of endeavour where he thought we might be actually going right . |
| 5 | Finally the road turns away and makes a long and rough descent , with Loch Hourn dramatically in view ahead , to the few buildings of Kinlochhourn where there is life but no sign of it . |
| 6 | This is especially important during the first few weeks of pregnancy when you might not even know you are pregnant . |
| 7 | Norman Pinder was creeping through the last few yards of shrubbery before he would reach the window of the small seminar room . |
| 8 | Then I asked , as we were going to go from century to century , if I could be allowed to collect a few bits of paraphernalia as we went along — odd little items that had taken my fancy which would then turn up in other stories . |
| 9 | And you know if we were able to commit ourselves to two public , two meetings , three meetings of some sort in a year where we 're actually gon na do something and present some sort of front Par part of presenting some sort of front is to try to sell a few bits of pieces if we 're prepared to accept that we 're going to lose money . |
| 10 | This thought , too , caused him a few moments of depression before it was drowned by feelings of tranquil pleasure . |