Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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1 | It was only a pallid disc in the sky , shedding thin white light through the still air on to the faces of a few well-wrapped-up and elderly people , who sat on the benches along the Promenade , taking the air . |
2 | Chemical shifts are generally of a few eV or less , and overlap of lines due to different elements is unlikely , as each element contributes at most a few lines in the range 50–1200 eV , while the instrumental linewidth is of the order of 2 eV . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Instead , I suggested Jeanne and John tire Moby with a few chase and throw-fetch games in the garden before taking him out for a walk on an extendable lead . |
5 | Apart from a few news and sport items and the TV listings , how much of Monday 's Mirror or Sun could not equally well be published on the following Thursday or Friday ? |
6 | We stayed in a few bed and breakfasts when we thought we needed a wash , and a few youth hostels . |
7 | There is no good evidence for the widespread and effective use of any methods of family planning outside a few élite or urban groups until the end of the eighteenth century ( Wilson 1984 , Livi-Bacci 1986 ) , and even then appliance methods do not become important for another century . |
8 | If an organisation is market leader and has a size and presence which can ensure that manpower planning is possible so that most jobs can be filled from graduate entry , then the need for an executive search firm is probably limited to a few specialist or technical appointments . |