Example sentences of "[adv] a few [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Now in January 1979 , as he fled Teheran for the second time in his life , the Shah had intended to fly on to America after just a few day in Egypt . |
| 32 | In a nutshell , SAYE is a regular savings scheme offered by just a few building societies which can be opened by anyone aged 16 or over . |
| 33 | And just a few ledger lines above . |
| 34 | If America is to win in the new global competition , we need to begin telling one another a new story in which companies compete by drawing on the talent and creativity of all their employees , not just a few maverick inventors and dynamic CEOs . |
| 35 | It does n't seem to be er just a few sort of you know any more . |
| 36 | Just a few pound in spares |
| 37 | Just a few throat bugs to deal with . ’ |
| 38 | The results of the survey are broadly consistent we found in similar sides , specific problems of traffic congestion in the town centre but elsewhere a few traffic problems . |
| 39 | He invited me to not a few tea parties and was very gracious and talked most sociably . ’ |
| 40 | There was another advantage late on a lunch-time in that there were always a few city slickers who had ventured north by north-west ( of the Barbican ) to try the Hoskin 's or the Holden 's bitter and found it had got the better of them , so needed a taxi back to civilization . |
| 41 | Earlier this afternoon , there were still a few teething problems … like plenty of signs … but no food … and a ticket machine … but no tickets . |
| 42 | Still a few sea bass here , though they 're so delicious that they hardly have time to freeze . |
| 43 | There were still a few funeral directors within a thirty-mile radius I had not , as yet , contacted . |
| 44 | Depending upon the size of your holding , you will keep one or two house cows or goats , turning their milk into butter , cheese , and yoghurt , and possibly a few beef cattle as money-spinners . |
| 45 | In order to survive , he took on a few composition pupils , including the daughter of the Duc de Guines , who was an outstanding flautist and harpist . |
| 46 | There are also a few video loops showing the actual scenes to which the various drawings refer . |
| 47 | As well as the above scale type there are also a few arpeggio ideas employed . |
| 48 | Their fleet consists mainly of motor yachts and sport fishermen , including the 120ft ( 36.5m ) Obsession and Allegro , a 73ft ( 22m ) sport fisherman , although there are also a few sailing craft , some with bareboat options . |
| 49 | As well as the above scale type there are also a few chordal/arpeggio ideas used . |
| 50 | Savary-Miller grading of the oesophageal mucisa was confirmed by biopy specimens taken from all macroscopic lsions and also a few centimetre proximal to them or , if no lesions were visible , from a site 3–5 cm above the oesophagogastric junction . |
| 51 | Black , rather coarse , straight hairs are most plentiful ; then there were finer , dark-brown hairs on the jacket and shirt ; finally , we picked up a few animal hairs almost certainly from a cat . ’ |
| 52 | Cardiff foreshore turned up a few conger and codling . |
| 53 | We would pick up a few flak holes , but every mission had those ’ . |
| 54 | ‘ I 'd always been good with a sewing machine , ’ she says , ‘ so a kindly neighbour asked me to run her up a few silk separates for the summer holidays . |
| 55 | ‘ To be honest , Koke , ’ he says , leaning forward confidentially and letting out a few vapour jets from behind his ears , ‘ I think you overestimate your potential as a thorn in the corporate side . |
| 56 | Admitting ‘ We had words ’ in the dressing room afterwards , Dicks added : ‘ The boss spelled out a few home truths . |
| 57 | We have carried out a few water changes , but our water is still dark green . |
| 58 | I 've pulled out a few press cuttings as well whilst I was looking through some of the for this talk . |
| 59 | Doc Reid dishes me out a few vitamin pills when I 'm feeling lousy . ’ |
| 60 | We children gave no presents to one another or to our parents : we were content to send out a few picture cards paid for by our parents , to people who would send us cards . |