Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | I cite only a few . |
| 2 | From her sample she recorded 1,964 separate job descriptions in the 1770s and 1780s , yet lists from the late seventeenth century designate only a few hundred . |
| 3 | The instructions for folding a piece of paper involve only a few operations like folding and unfolding . |
| 4 | Where primroses and cowslips grow together a few will be hybrids between the two with large primrose-like flowers on top of a tall stem , like a cowslip . |
| 5 | These arc just a few examples . |
| 6 | Well that was kept by fella called and they could get the beer off-licence , although it was n't , it was n't so far to the Old Naked Inn and then there was a pub on the corner of , I ca n't remember the name of that because they 've opened it too young to remember pubs in them days but er , apart from the off-licence there was no actual public inn on Street , there was off-licence , as I say just a few yards down was the Old Naked Inn and there was a pub on the top of just on the side of . |
| 7 | Your recollections will no doubt revive a lot of memories for many of our older readers and provide quite a few talking points for younger ones . |
| 8 | Yeah I mean just a few different should you use a little bit of green powder paint . |
| 9 | I normally lose just a few pounds , Bobby . |
| 10 | The pictures show just a few shapes of wagon . |
| 11 | The tattoo was a moment 's impulse and cost just a few pounds , but now it 's taking up the time and resources of the NHS . |
| 12 | The bulk of reviews in these papers cover just a few subject areas . |
| 13 | Wait here a few days , then Newman will contact you , again providing he agrees . |
| 14 | put quite a few lines in there |
| 15 | → We receive quite a few letters from people who have suffered from the indifferent attitude which seems to prevail in many music shops . |
| 16 | Consider just a few of the more common and more obvious ones . |
| 17 | Consider just a few of the evolutionary paths that collective entrepreneurship can take : vacuum-tube radios become transistorized radios , then stereo pocket radios audible through earphones , then compact discs and compact disc players , and then optical-disc computer memories . |
| 18 | I 'm sure if I give just a few more pushes — |
| 19 | Use leaves from your most decorative house plants and add just a few perfect blooms to create a beautiful corsage for a special occasion . |
| 20 | The remaining seven months of Minutes up to January 1909 , when the 11 years silence started , give quite a few insights into the growing pains of a new untried enterprise , although some club business has a familiarly contemporary ring ! |
| 21 | No , well I 've meet quite a few since and they 're alright , they come and they go , but , I do n't know |
| 22 | Since martial law was imposed , with army checkposts everywhere , and a heavy plainclothes police presence , protests last only a few moments . |
| 23 | Most of these minor illnesses last only a few days or weeks : what are needed , therefore , are the measures quality of life days or quality of life weeks . |
| 24 | Competitions vary but normally last only a few minutes . |
| 25 | Captain Dunbar 's been around now for over a year and most of Madeleine 's suitors last only a few months , so we think it 's serious . ’ |
| 26 | He had a little shop not much , you know just a few things and such like , in those days . |
| 27 | Mm that 's what I 've cos I 've not been very busy I 've been picking , you know like a few peanuts there 's chocolate peanuts , there 's |
| 28 | Set aside a few fried onion rings for garnish , add the remaining to the chicken . |
| 29 | They know quite a few of us , do n't they , and if they see you , they nick you . |
| 30 | You know quite a few rules do n't you about punctuation that 's good . |