Example sentences of "[be] a few [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have discovered those which for various reasons I did not feel comfortable with ; on the other hand , there have been a few works which I could as my personal luxury ! |
| 2 | This hypothesis does not seem to have a lot going for it because , at the time Matthew — or whoever — was writing , there would still have been a few people around who could say something like I do n't remember any star ! ' ) |
| 3 | Tie tall plants to their supports as they grow , and break off the tips of the main shoot of plants you want to be bushy , just above a leaf or pair of leaves , when they are a few cm ( in ) tall ; basil , rosemary , hyssop , marjoram , mint , sage and savory are some of these . |
| 4 | as one of the many kinds of sprouting seeds , eaten when germinated seeds are a few cm tall ; lightly roasted ground seeds used in curry ; also used in Middle Eastern sweets such as halva ; fresh leaves used in curry dishes |
| 5 | There are a few works by scholars which deal directly with aspects of my subject . |
| 6 | There are a few works which I would have loved to have borrowed but which were simply too fragile to travel , and there were works which were prohibited by reasons of the terms under which they were given to a particular collection , the Barnes Foundation , for example . |
| 7 | He subdivided this very large genus into several ‘ sections ’ , each of which contained species which were similar to each other and probably closely related — though there are a few species which , in typical cichlid fashion , do n't seem to fit properly anywhere . |
| 8 | And there are a few people who wo n't be pleased whatever you do . |
| 9 | There are a few people who are out to cause you any aggravation , whom you have to treat that seriously . |
| 10 | There are a few people who develop sores or cracked skin at the corner of the mouth and suffer from riboflavin or vitamin B2 deficiency . |
| 11 | There are a few people having a go at him now . |
| 12 | There are a few people willing to help are n't . |
| 13 | Even now there are a few people waking up in Goroka hospital with only one arm , wishing they had n't got between Mr Cassowary and his girl-friends . " |
| 14 | And I recognize there are a few people here , here who are not P Way people . |
| 15 | There are a few people who claim even to know about the lobbying process in Brussels . |
| 16 | Unlike yourselves , Dr Blake has only recently joined us , and there are a few people she should meet . ’ |
| 17 | There will be a few people , beginning with Mr Fallon , looking for their own McGoolies when this is over . ’ |
| 18 | The return journey was supposed to start at half past three but there would always be a few people missing . |
| 19 | There may still be a few people in Islay who will remember , no doubt with appreciation , the Coats libraries , a source of firstly recreation and secondly instruction , when books were scarce in the island except in the houses of the proprietors , and to a lesser degree , the doctor , the ministers and the schoolmasters , long before popular newspapers , radio and television were easily available , |
| 20 | Sadly , however , there will always be people from disadvantaged backgrounds and there will always be a few people — many of them not from disadvantaged backgrounds — with strong and perverted personalities , who , through macho perversity , gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism . |
| 21 | Matthew Ryan says his girlfriend had warned him there would be a few people to greet him but nothing like this . |
| 22 | Because of the practical difficulties in overcoming the first of these problems , I can not see , even if the price of the D-to-A converter were a few pence , Class D in its Reeves or Sandler guise making much progress . |
| 23 | What were a few herring ? |
| 24 | I drew a peg in the bend which I had drawn some years before and knew there were a few fish there and decided on one rig only — the pole . |
| 25 | We arrived at the little house in the evening and already there were a few people there . |
| 26 | Now ‘ I 've Got My Mojo Working ’ does n't go down with everyone , but at that time there were a few people around who did like that kind of stuff , and we were hopefully appealing to them . ’ |
| 27 | There were a few people about now : walking their dogs , jogging in tracksuits along the firm sand out by the water 's edge . |
| 28 | There were a few people who ‘ took an interest ’ first in one young man and then another . |
| 29 | There were a few people around , but I did n't care , I stripped down to my bra and filled the basin and gave myself a real good wash . |
| 30 | Sometimes they did n't stop or even bat an eyelid , and I bet there were a few people waking up with painful parts in the morning . |