Example sentences of "[prep] a few [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos as I say it 's a mixture of a few you see . |
| 2 | Similarly the Eton Society known as Pop , the equivalent of school prefects , elected its own members with the exception of a few who belonged ex officio . |
| 3 | For a few it is immensely strong , and the search for law or a great master at Bologna — for theology and Abelard at Paris — played its part in bringing students to distant schools in the early twelfth century , the first great creative age in the formation of medieval universities . |
| 4 | For a few it is , more significantly , a general philosophy and regime of departmental management . |
| 5 | For a few it was more their boyfriend 's decision , and for two of them , the decision had been their own . |
| 6 | But it seems sad that so many did not have a more enjoyable sexual introduction , especially when for a few it had been the one and only time . |
| 7 | ‘ These are almost all the people who are here , except for a few who could n't walk , but I 'm having them moved to the ward nearest here . ’ |
| 8 | Moustaches were allowed , not that they did much for a few who grew them . |
| 9 | ‘ Boys do n't really discuss sex themselves apart from a few who brag about it all the time . |
| 10 | And , after some 40 exhibitions in cities all over the world , she can boast that every one of her 1,000 well-loved paintings has been sold , apart from a few she has deliberately reserved for herself . |
| 11 | Where a choice is limited to a few you choose the best of the bunch ( as with the secretaries ) but ensure that doing so does not ignore other priorities . |
| 12 | To a few he was a nuisance , to most he was merely a curiosity . |
| 13 | Just ten minutes from the airport you 've got erm thousands and thousands of Bangladeshis wanting to get home er and it 's embarrassing I find , being erm and the press find , being er at the airport er seeing all the attention on a few you know , western faces . |