Example sentences of "[noun sg] and a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The entry level Calibra ( with eight-valve 2.0i engine ) receives a dressing up , with alloy wheels , leather steering wheel and a few other touches added . |
| 2 | A leather wallet lay open with its contents exposed and itemised : business cards , driving licence , cheque book , banker 's card and a few stamps . |
| 3 | We bought one ( a mistake , we should have got two ) to supplement an old ladle-handle type of thing dug out from my past , and a hammer and a few pegs to be on the safe side . |
| 4 | Near one of the posts , a hammer and a few nails had been left behind . |
| 5 | She fumbled with her purse and a few seconds later she held a lighter shakily to the end of a cigarette and puffed greedily . |
| 6 | Rachel found herself following him into the social club and a few minutes later when they were both seated with their drinks in the same window-seat where they had sat before she said , ‘ So what 's your connection with Conway House ? ’ |
| 7 | With this in mind and a few sound nuts to bear it out , move left for Manzoku , onto a blanker patch — one of the more testing sections of the climb — then up and into true ‘ jug-hauling ’ territory and the obvious line . |
| 8 | The pavement had been much repaired , and it was difficult to synchronise his steps so that the middle of each foot fell exactly on the cracks between the paving stones , but with some concentration and a few judicious half-steps he managed it ; then he came to a long blue-grey line of asphalt where a pipe had obviously been repaired , and walked along that instead free from the worry of the paving stones between the cracks . |
| 9 | From poverty to Giorgio Armani takes no time at all , and in that brief time , if there is some uncertainty and a few wrong turns , they are contemplated over elaborate meals in good restaurants . |
| 10 | Since the early 1970s , however , it has been possible to collect bile samples at either endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography or percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and a few small series of patients have been reported with good diagnostic yields and no falsely positive results . |
| 11 | Long before dawn , I was propped on an elbow , with a warming mug of tea and a few verses of Romans . |
| 12 | But the bank wo n't crash merely because I 've bought you a cup of tea and a few Carnival cakes . ’ |
| 13 | The first real indication of the mood of the new House came on Wednesday , 3 June 1992 , the day after the Danish ‘ no ’ vote and a few hours after the prime minister had told Parliament that he intended nevertheless to press ahead with the bill ratifying the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 14 | The butcher boned our turkey to make it easier to carve , and we made a stuffing with packet mix and a few clever extras . |
| 15 | The only luxuries she has had are a holiday in America , a new car and a few home improvements . |
| 16 | The airstrip itself had been built to serve a golf and diving resort that a consortium of Dutch and American businessmen had planned to build on Straker 's Cay , but the money had run out before the hotel or marina had been built and all that was left of their grandiose plans was this pinkish runway made of compacted coral and a few abandoned cement mixers which rusted forlornly where the hotel 's swimming pool was to have been built . |
| 17 | The group carried on for another album and a few more singles but the charts were changing , and their time was up . |
| 18 | USA hooker Tony Flay had to be replaced following an ugly facial cut and a few minutes later replacement hooker Pat Johnson had his nose broken by a punch . |
| 19 | Bizarrely , it 's a pork butcher 's shop , and there 's more to this business than a bacon slicer and a few trays of pies . |
| 20 | Moran stood erect and apart on the platform , totally separate as he gazed at the hill across the tracks where the stationmaster 's brown horse and a few cattle and sheep grazed . |
| 21 | Several rashers of bacon and a few smashed eggs nestled on the flags . |
| 22 | Since that time the company have introduced many variations on the 540 range and a few new models along the way . |
| 23 | Morrissey and Marr borrowed a drummer and a few pounds and worked a night session in a scruffy Manchester 8-track studio . |
| 24 | The kidneys are cooked whole in butter and just before serving them you " throw in a wineglassful of burnt gin and a few crushed juniper berries . |
| 25 | Biopsies showed heavy inflammation with loss of architecture and a few granulomata . |
| 26 | Thus creating a succulently flavoured ham that goes perfectly with a watercress and avocado salad and a few slices of brown bread . |
| 27 | The Jimmy Young Show 's formula of tea and chat and a few questions on a postcard from Radio 2 listeners was her favourite method of reaching the general public . |
| 28 | The local police kindly agreed to come in on the act and a few off-duty policemen pretended to stalk the burglars and locked them up for the night at a disused police station at Ironbridge ! |
| 29 | Rosa was there drinking fruit juice with Fritz Kott and a few other pupils from the Egon Schultz School who greeted her with the same , unanimous question : ‘ What happened ? ’ |
| 30 | Friends at Camberwell were often impressed by Kylie 's wardrobe and a few realised her secret — she had made most of the outfits herself . |