Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a few [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ate a gargantuan meal , starting with some plovers ' eggs they had overlooked earlier , working on through a few roast geese with a brace or so of ducklings on the side , and ending with one half of a cheese and a couple of bowls of fruit . |
| 2 | Afterwards the whole group stayed on for a few extra days . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , actually , this is such a beautiful place , I was thinking of maybe staying on for a few extra days , ’ she invented hastily , knowing her mother would worry herself silly if she knew the half of it — let alone that her car had packed up . |
| 4 | We men , we know not what loftiness we might reach if only for a few small hours we could by carefulness of life , morally and physically so exact ourselves that scarce any utmost purity of air were too perfect for us . |
| 5 | Roman Catholicism has been more in line with the other great world religions in insisting that mysticism is only for a few chosen souls and that , unless one has this special propensity , mysticism can be a serious health threat . |
| 6 | The Director paused and watched the scene below for a few thoughtful seconds , as a squad of house servants bagged and carried out the human remains , and began stripping off the blood-soaked canvas cover from the padded squares underneath , removing it for cleaning . |
| 7 | Caird also goes in for a few unnecessary stunts , such as having two of the ladies of the town played by men in drag . |
| 8 | The Tories have more or less run out of good ideas which inspired them in the early Thatcher years , and are left only with a few bad ones : the creation of new , ever more incompetent ‘ private ’ monopolies ; the vindictive pursuit of aged war criminals ; the idiotic struggle to knock a penny off income tax , which will benefit nobody , when so much more could be achieved with a little imagination — by abolishing all discriminatory rates , abolishing capital transfer tax and other taxes on savings , allowing domestic wages ( as all other forms of employment are allowed ) against personal taxation … |
| 9 | So the criticisms levelled against citation analysis as guide to value in science distil down into a few fragmentary points that any sensible funding body would be more than capable of bearing in mind . |
| 10 | This is a standard way to implement word processing : the ‘ pool ’ breaks secretarial work down into a few routine activities like typing , making travel reservations and answering the phone . |
| 11 | When Alain 's mother finally went inside with a few rueful shakes of her head and a pleased look on her face , Jenna decided to risk all . |
| 12 | Sometimes he is just a secondary figure floating in the novel 's bloodstream , as at the fête where he has got roped in with a few other young men to be a marshal and make sure everything goes smoothly . |
| 13 | The Festival is showing a selection of classics mixed in with a few notable recent releases . |
| 14 | Along with a few other consequences , the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia ‘ means my Russian visit is affected . ’ |
| 15 | " I acquired it from him myself , along with a few other incidentals . |
| 16 | After three days slight fungus was observed on the damaged fins , along with a few white spots . |
| 17 | Bottles of Coke , Tizer and Pepsi were lined up , along with a few token bottles of Perrier and Evian . |
| 18 | All the usual commands are accepted , along with a few unique nouns invented by the author — LOUN for LOOK UNDER , LOBE for LOOK BEHIND , etc . |
| 19 | The market expects a jump in profits from £3.4m to £4.2m pre-tax this year and news of further contract awards , together with a few senior management appointments , is expected soon . |
| 20 | Behind the small veneered wooden counter a dozen or so keys dangled from hooks on a numbered board , together with a few dog-eared official-looking proclamations . |
| 21 | Only in a few cosmetic details did it owe anything to French or other West European influences . |
| 22 | In Spain for example , where the social importance of a commission was comparatively slight , would-be officers were required to prove noble descent only in a few calvary regiments . |
| 23 | The results were often not good , yet only in a few severe cases did HMI go in and make an impact with its report . |
| 24 | This and a similar arrangement by Kenneth II for lands in Lothian came to be regarded by the English as an admission that Scottish rulers were not equals but vassals in relation not merely to a few specific regions but to the whole of Scotland — which had never been contemplated by the Scottish signatories . |
| 25 | It applies only to a few high risk processes and is invariably achieved by means of heat . |
| 26 | San Vincenzo is a lovely resort of clear soft sands interrupted only by a few emerging reefs . |
| 27 | For several hours they appeared to make little progress ; they were traversing a barren region of fine sand and yellowish clay , broken only by a few stunted , prickly bushes . |
| 28 | Fisons enjoyed another buoyant session , helped along by a few comforting words from broker Hoare Govett , who hosted a presentation to institutions on Wednesday . |
| 29 | It is certainly possible to produce a few general rules , and some will be given in this course , just as a few general rules for word stress were given in Chapters 10 and 11 . |
| 30 | Sooner , rather than later , and generally after a few stiff drams , Joicey would break into the Gaelic , roaring and shouting at the top of his voice : ‘ Man to man it was in those days . |