Example sentences of "[adv] and a few [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | So I boiled them in pan for the dog and I put some taters in and a few peas and carrots sort of thing and some Oxos and made him a r a right good dinner . |
2 | Forays had been made at night ; scaffolding had been torn down and a few workers employed in building Carewscourt had been killed . |
3 | It does n't take long and a few minutes trying things out could mean hours saved later and some useful space where you have used up some leftover yarns . |
4 | In 1951 , for example , the Boards had been asked by the Minister to cut their spending on rural electrification , and most did so ; the South Western Board , by contrast , pressed on and a few years later were praised by the same Minister for pursuing this uneconomic development . |
5 | Smoke billowed out and a few snowflakes fluttered into the car . |
6 | As I watched , one of the engines cut out and a few seconds later I heard and saw the explosion , two or three streets away . |
7 | A few fought back and a few folks died , |
8 | The only difference between Tina Turner today and a few years ago is her material . |
9 | A a server here and a few clients there networking in between and the systems may have been relatively small in terms of their total hardware capacity . |
10 | A quarter of an inch in the waist here and a few millimetres on a horn there is often the extent of it . |
11 | and roast puddings , roast tikka twice and a few extras . |
12 | I strode well away from the Land Rover but there were cockle shells everywhere and a few needle whelks , like minute unicorns ' horns less than half an inch long . |
13 | On this day , early in 1940 , the hut was still there and a few deckchairs , but that was about all . |
14 | Put your talking tapes there and a few CD-ROM products , and computer software . |
15 | Yeah , that 's , that 's when it 's hard she asks you the same thing again and again and a few minutes later , then half an hour later , then , then you think have you listened |