Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 31 | The decapitated head spun like a ball in the air , lips still moving ; his trunk stood for a few seconds in its own fountain of hot red gore before crashing on to the blood-stained ice . |
| 32 | It will separate and purify molecules ranging from a few milligrams to several grams from solution . |
| 33 | The mothers talking in this book are mainly in their mid to late teens , with children whose ages range from a few months to four years . |
| 34 | A new chairman came in a few months ago . |
| 35 | Jonquil came in every few days . |
| 36 | Laboriously tilled fields of corn became within a few hours torrents of mud , houses slipped down hillsides , church-towers were struck by lightning , sheep and cattle were carried away in swirling waters and dawn revealed their bloated corpses jammed against the piers of bridges that had themselves been partially destroyed by the weight and fury of the swollen waters . |
| 37 | In the past , the Falkland sheep farmers looked on birds of prey as their enemies , but more enlightened attitudes are nowadays evident — at least in areas frequented by the few tourists visiting the islands . |
| 38 | Following the implementation of the new Financial Services Act , licensed dealers dragged their nets to pull in a few of the old-style hard sell merchants . |
| 39 | City teachers , even the most experienced , are so accustomed to mobility , access to transport and social competence in getting around that they are continually surprised to find that so many of the children they teach lead lives confined to a few streets . |
| 40 | With support for the 88000 RISC as a system architecture dwindling to a few hardy companies , a core 88open unit will continue to service their requirements , testing and branding system software and applications . |
| 41 | With support for the 88000 as a system architecture dwindling to a few hardy companies , a core 88open unit will continue to service their requirements , testing and branding system software and applications . |
| 42 | It is exceptionally ironic still to find children in a culture which has fathered half the popular music in the modern world , condemned to drone away in their music lessons over nineteenth-century hymn tunes , with dancing relegated to a few minutes at the conclusion of the physical education lessons . |
| 43 | But amazingly , 17-stone Alan escaped with a few small cuts and bruises — and a little lost dignity . |
| 44 | After completing his studies at Glasgow University , Gavin worked for a few months at a salmon farm near Ft William , checking for virus infection . |
| 45 | When she had left the bedroom he heard her feet scurrying for a few minutes , then the door slammed . |
| 46 | The open left issues from the wraps at waist-level , close vertical folds hanging from the wrist , while over the rest the stuff lies in broad , smooth areas cut by a few sharp folds determined by the left knee . |
| 47 | Major Tzann thought for a few seconds . |
| 48 | Nigel leafed through a few large-print Agatha Christies but was put off by the noxious inexplicable stains on the pages . |
| 49 | The depopulation and lack of facilities in rural areas indicates to a few that industrial expansion is detrimental to country life . |
| 50 | Like Rourke , De Niro ran into a few problems himself with unsympathetic locals . |
| 51 | Afterwards Martha provided ham and a salad with hard-boiled eggs like gleaming bald heads sticking out from limp lettuce leaves for the few people who turned up . |
| 52 | He led the horse into one of the stables and the shock after the bright light made Maggie blink for a few seconds . |
| 53 | The second session begins with a few limbering-up exercises and then goes immediately to the selection . |
| 54 | The reluctance to invest in a few good demonstration videos may stem not only from the fact that there are indeed some very poor , amateurish productions around , but also , compared with most books , videos are still comparatively expensive . |
| 55 | After her death , he advertised for a housekeeper with a view to matrimony but unfortunately the first lady who took the job decamped after a few days , taking with her his prized possessions and helped by a male friend who apparently had kept in the background . |
| 56 | If untreated , recovery occurs after a few weeks , but discharging abscesses may remain in the groin . |
| 57 | A small army of workers will be moving into C&A to start shop fitting in a few weeks ' time . |
| 58 | Nor did a spirit of affectionate remembrance obtain among the few whom Ursula felt obliged to entertain afterwards at Swans ' Meadow . |
| 59 | Most of the other stars that are visible to the naked eye lie within a few hundred light-years of us . |
| 60 | He had turned her body to fire with a few practised touches out there and now he expected her to forget all that had happened , stand beside him and discuss the garden as if nothing in the world had just occurred . |