Example sentences of "[adj] with a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's wrong with a few tears ? |
| 2 | Better to think of it as a big , V8-powered luxury automatic saloon of unique character and style that , at £91,500 , costs about what a Mercedes dealer will take off you for a V12 Mercedes S-class with a few extra bits . |
| 3 | Leek and potato soup ( £1.55 ) came with excellent bread but would have been less bland with a few spices thrown around ; conversely a fresh off the bone chicken curry ( £3.50 ) could have been enhanced by some fruit . |
| 4 | When she enters her bedroom , Perk discovers she does not have lovely dark curly hair , but is bald with a few grey wisps and because this woman is so vain and ca n't bear her god child seeing her without her wig , she ends up pushing her so hard that Perk falls , hits her head and dies . |
| 5 | The largest falcon of the region , resembling a large stout Peregrine ( p. 93 ) in outline , though with slightly blunter wings with broader bases , and longer tail , but extremely variable in plumage , from almost white with a few dark flecks to almost completely dark grey ; most frequent form is like rather pale Peregrine , but lacking the dark moustachial streak . |
| 6 | He was dark-haired with a few strands of hair on his upper lip . |
| 7 | And , since he 's friendly with a few , he too closer , etc . |
| 8 | I 'll go armed with a few of my best designs , just in case my big break awaits me ! ’ |
| 9 | Last Friday I was there as usual with a few mates . |
| 10 | It had stopped snowing now and the sky was clear and black with a few stars . |
| 11 | Later , when I returned to the old man , I found him alone with a few boys and the American film . |
| 12 | Few have gone through aerobatic training , and the modern tendency is to be happy with a few hours of stall avoidance training and little , if any , spinning . |
| 13 | Norman also got up and down from another bunker for a 69 and 277 , spending the next 30 minutes waiting , watching and keeping himself loose with a few twists and turns for the play-off that never happened . |
| 14 | Before studying the procedures described further on , it will be helpful to be familiar with a few facts and suggestions for making personal " rules of thumb " and simplified tables as aids to mental calculations . |
| 15 | Quite frequently a user will be satisfied with a few items on a topic as long as they are relevant and meet other criteria such as language , date and level . |