Example sentences of "few [noun pl] and [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Such excitements are rare ; The Hague has a few clubs and theatres and it will soon have its own ballet company , but for the most part the Hagenaars , as the residents are known , spend their evenings at home and retire at a respectable hour . |
2 | She could hardly hear them because of the din , and the few words and phrases that she did catch — ‘ tolerances to five thou ’ , ‘ cross-boring ’ , ‘ CNC machine ’ , ‘ indexes round ’ — meant nothing to her . |
3 | After that win , Hope 's family and supporters celebrated with champagne in the dressing room and Lawless recalled : ‘ We only had a few glasses and Mo and I were drinking out of the same one . |
4 | Instead of buying us a present , from erm , my mum bought me a few bits and pieces when they went to France . |
5 | Mrs Czermak received only a few cuts and bruises but her victim was killed instantly . |
6 | There were some bruised shins and sprained ankles , black eyes and a few cuts and grazes but nothing you would n't get on a rugby field , although a couple of old ladies were taken off home by ambulance with attacks of the vapours . |
7 | I mean , just a few odds and ends that you could do from your nice |