Example sentences of "[coord] a few [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe , we wondered , there are derelict areas , or a few jigsaw puzzle pieces , on the edge of our own city , or within its boundaries which , with a little compromise and a lot of imagination … ? |
| 2 | The salient fact is that what is uniquely on offer at these parties is not all-night dancing or a few boutique drugs , but fantasy-sensation itself : the orgiastic effect of thousands of people mainlining heavy acid rock at the level of total sound . |
| 3 | Burnham boat anglers enjoyed good sport with cod and a few dogfish and rays . |
| 4 | The archaeological evidence for this hunting activity over very long periods , from 12,000 to 4000 BC , consists of flint implements and a few bone objects from both open settlement sites and caves . |
| 5 | The window I am sitting beside overlooks the back garden , where there is a perpetually erected bonfire , old cuttings , window sashes and a few wardrobe doors . |
| 6 | They integrated with the Picts , the ‘ painted men ’ , finally absorbing them and their culture completely , leaving behind only robbed brochs , broken hill-forts and a few stone carvings as evidence of the Picts ' passing . |
| 7 | With the help of guides , technical literature and a few telephone calls you can often determine precisely which pieces of equipment you require . |
| 8 | A fortuitous meeting and a few phone calls seem to have turned up Bradley 's majestic depiction . |
| 9 | Its main elements are our own Fran Breen 's drums , James Hooker 's touch and song-sensitive piano and a few keyboard washes from co-producer , Rod Argent with her own and Byrd Burton 's guitars discreetly nudging the dynamics . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Mrs Jenks had her skittish moments ; particularly after an evening at the music hall , and a few port and lemons . |
| 12 | Some cattle are reared on permanent pasture on the lower slopes and a few fodder crops of grass , oats and potatoes are grown in the lower valleys . |
| 13 | The decision to endorse Loblaws ' ‘ green ’ products was made by Isaacs and a few board members . |
| 14 | Un the side of the road climbing up the Oa , at Cragabus , a much disturbed cist of three chambers contained unburnt human bones and a few pot sherds . |
| 15 | Home Office Ministers fiddled while tyres and a few petrol bombs burned . |
| 16 | The only luxuries she has had are a holiday in America , a new car and a few home improvements . |
| 17 | The speech of the hon. Member for Nottingham , North ( Mr. Allen ) smelt of a weekend with the thesaurus and a few reference books , and was made without reference to what had preceded it . |
| 18 | The flowers in this design include the patio rose ‘ Gentle Touch ’ , the modern shrub rose ‘ Marjorie Fair ’ , some larkspur and a few potentilla ( 'Miss Willmott' ) . |
| 19 | Put it into a pot with an onion , a couple of carrots , peppercorns , a bay leaf and a few parsley stalks . |
| 20 | That , and a few water spouts , but then boys will be boys . |
| 21 | Cambois North Hole for cod to 6 lb and a few coalfish on frozen crab . |
| 22 | Sunderland 's Roker Pier produced odd codling , and a few coalfish . |
| 23 | The train was stopped in plenty of time and a few VIP and press party on board were even aware of the drama outside . |
| 24 | These included written , practical , oral , mental tests and a few microcomputer administered tasks . |
| 25 | Only a plate and a few fork , fork and a knife and that . |
| 26 | Inexpensive rediffusion sets ( where one central receiver would serve a large number of speakers in different houses ) were introduced in the Dar es Salaam suburb of Ilala and a few community listening posts elsewhere in the capital . |
| 27 | They 'd go there after work for a drink and a few rock stars would turn up . |
| 28 | The mix of strong bluesy ballads and a few rock numbers combine to present an original album . |
| 29 | Put your talking tapes there and a few CD-ROM products , and computer software . |
| 30 | We stayed in a few bed and breakfasts when we thought we needed a wash , and a few youth hostels . |