Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | You think you can be safe by getting rid of a few hippy revolutionaries you used to know ? |
| 32 | As far as the eye could see was desert and the only break in the horizon was the pitiful silhouette of a few mud shelters . |
| 33 | Amongst a few health books are J. McGregor-Robertson " The Household Physician , " Professor Kirk " Papers on Health , " Lyster " First Hygiene " and F. Phillips " Out of Darkness into Light . " |
| 34 | It was used for a few emergency landings by Royal Air Force planes during the recent Falklands War . |
| 35 | She eschewed all requests to be interviewed about the contest on radio or television , opting instead for a few newspaper interviews with sympathetic journalists . |
| 36 | And , except for a few Teflon exceptions , it does ! ’ |
| 37 | Hillhead for a few founder by day . |
| 38 | ‘ Memory Serves ’ from 1982 is a different kettle of tosh altogether , being largely fiddling instrumentals , spiky chicken pop and a really dated cover of ‘ For A Few Dollar More ’ with scratching on it . |
| 39 | And when I come here and I lived here for a few year and then really saw what it was like , I thought , God , never again . |
| 40 | But now I 've been drug-free for over a year erm but I 'd been trying for a few year before that and had nay managed to succeed . |
| 41 | They 'll be looking for a few home runs at their new home at Dowty Aerospace . |
| 42 | The Happy Mondays may have been all too willing to sell their souls for a few column inches , but watching Shaun gaze at the floor ‘ uhming ’ and ‘ aahing ’ , struggling to get his brain into gear , I feel like a voyeur . |
| 43 | For a few second I was n't sure which side had won . |
| 44 | We would give much for a few case histories , like that of the fourteenth-century merchant of Prato , of how a medieval household actually worked . |
| 45 | I mean he knew you were good for a few lire more than usual . ’ |
| 46 | Chris occasionally removes some of the surface plants , but does very little else , except for a few water changes . |
| 47 | Yet nobody , save for a few free-market purists , seems to be worrying — least of all the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission , whose office is located next to the finance ministry . |
| 48 | It was n't until we told him , that he exclaimed ‘ Oh yes , I remember the Institute Netball Team first time round in the 70's — Oh yes , a right tough lot ! ’ — Marion , we 'll get together for a few team tactics eh ? |
| 49 | She tried low-calorie diets for a few week . |
| 50 | Gav — I notice there was no gossip about Batts nipping in to the bank for a few sov 's . |
| 51 | The last time Iraq threatened Kuwait , in 1966 , the Brits flew 6000 troops into the principality where they sweated quietly for a few summer weeks until , the point having been taken , no more was heard about Iraq 's 19th province . |
| 52 | Did n't we have a black guy who played for a few season in the second division with Revie before the real glory years . |
| 53 | He used to deliver messages for a few club owners on this patch , ’ Culley said . |
| 54 | All caution ( H & S ) was thrown to the wind as a few sample experiments will show : how to make coal gas ; a safe gas explosion ; how to make a banger ; how to explode a little picric acid . |
| 55 | You know , just to attract some people , you know , approach the brewery , say look what about a few keg ? |
| 56 | Henry will run through a few soul favourites , backed by the Womack & Womack Band . |
| 57 | something that can be addressed wi with a few cable ties , cos sometimes tying the cables together make a more of a danger than |
| 58 | I suppose I should warm up the audience with a few Hound of the Baskerville howls , send Rainbow 's eyes swirling round like Roman candles , and cause fruity Yiddish curses to croak and gibber from her mouth . |
| 59 | Moisten each trout with 1 tsp oil , then stuff the inside of each with a few tarragon sprigs . |
| 60 | The villagers occasionally dress up in their lederhosen , and give it all they 've got with a few thigh slapping , foot stamping numbers . |