Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too many evergreens can look boring , so plant just a few choice ones to add colour to dull areas . |
| 2 | I normally lose just a few pounds , Bobby . |
| 3 | Competitions vary but normally last only a few minutes . |
| 4 | Permeable areas usually have only a few streams , but they flow with little variation throughout the year and rarely flood . |
| 5 | The life-shortening effect in LAWER is claimed to be ‘ smaller than that in euthanasia because the patients usually have only a few hours or days to live ’ . |
| 6 | Whereas tropical forests may contain hundreds of species of trees , temperate forests typically contain only a few species ( oak with ash , yew with beech ) or even only one ( as in the redwood or cedar forests of North America ) . |
| 7 | In a field where biological material is limited , experimental cytogenetic techniques often require only a few cells . |
| 8 | Well for one thing we have got really have quite a few school teachers now who just could n't get off during How many school teachers do we have Agnes ? |
| 9 | If you fancy trying it yourself around harvest time in September , then gather together a few pounds of the bluey-black sloe berries , prick them all over with a fork , smother them in about 6oz of sugar and top up with a litre of gin . |
| 10 | What kept insects extremely small over millions of years of evolution , and why have only a few mammals ever approached the size of dinosaurs ? |