Example sentences of "[n mass] [coord] a few " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The waste and desert appearance is partly caused by the vast extent of the common lands belonging to the towns and villages , the system of management of which is ruinous in the extreme , and the finest districts , capable of enriching the proprietors and the country at large , are abandoned to , and only serve as pasture for goats , sheep or a few asses . ’ |
2 | Burnham boat anglers enjoyed good sport with cod and a few dogfish and rays . |
3 | Cambois North Hole for cod to 6 lb and a few coalfish on frozen crab . |
4 | ‘ Three years ago , pondkeeping became big business , and I started selling goldfish and a few small Koi , ’ said Ken . |
5 | There were about fifteen cattle , around a dozen sheep and a few lambs left over from the spring lambing . |
6 | Her vain escape bid lasted less than 60ft and a few nightmare seconds , before she crashed the white Isuzu van into a ditch in a haze of blood and pain . |
7 | They left with two handbags , £600 and a few ‘ bits and pieces ’ . |
8 | Green water can actually be beneficial to your pond fish and a few weeks in a thick green soup can improve your fish 's vitality and colour — but if you ca n't see the fish , there 's not a lot of point in keeping them . |
9 | Spectators were also treated to a display of sheepdog skills which saw & names , put their crafty canine sue through her paces , rounding up not only sheep but a few noisy geese as well . |
10 | Erm , the conditions were erm slightly different on the second floor , in the sense that there were a few , few people and a few items of equipment erm , and there is a relatively great density of staff on the first floor than I would have found . |
11 | The steps of the cathedral were being used as a grandstand by some of the local young people and a few early tourists . |
12 | Merseyside quiet with small codling , whiting and a few dabs the mainstay . |
13 | Swineford second field producing chub and a few good roach . |
14 | Paul Glenfield 's remarkable run on the river continued when he was runner-up with a 4 lb 8 oz chub and a few bits taken on bread . |
15 | One chub in the following thirty minutes and I was back on the feeder , four good chub and a few bits followed , no more barbel , and I finished with a total weight of 14lb . |
16 | Dinas Dinlle for small codling and a few whiting . |
17 | Buy a ripe Honeydew melon , a small orange , a kiwi fruit and a few black grapes . |
18 | This was a small enclave at first where homemade soup , fruit and a few other wholesome products were not only provided free , but all staff were expected to partake of them at midday . |