Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Biopsy specimens taken a few cm distal to the splenic flexure and in the sigmoid colon were staiend with haematoxyline and eosin and were assessed blindly for the degree of inflammation . |
| 2 | He contrasted the " long rearguard action " that EC car makers fought a few years ago against tougher emission controls with the " very encouraging " willingness by industrial producers and users of chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) to phase these substances out on a largely voluntary basis . |
| 3 | And there is no shortage nowadays of people willing to slog round the streets delivering Betterware catalogues to earn a few quid . |
| 4 | Having taken better care of it than Besty , or more accurately Besty 's hangers on , he invested some of it in a Sydney sports shop a few months ago , which he 'll run when he retires . |
| 5 | Scrapping of the ATP vehicles commenced a few moths later . |
| 6 | She holds clinics in the areas in and around Cape Town — the shanty towns begin a few miles outside the city and the houses improve markedly the nearer the centre you get — and Rose believes that the fruits of her success will start to become evident in two or three years . |
| 7 | Two howitzer shells exploded a few paces from his horse , both blasts beginning small fires among the rye . |
| 8 | By 1800 the overseers , rate books indicate a few changes in the personnel living down Pig Street . |
| 9 | Cardiff and Penarth charter boats took a few cod to 14 lb . |
| 10 | His staff officers waited a few yards to the rear as the young man stared towards the enemy encampment . |
| 11 | A bottle of vintage champagne was cracked open , and a toast drunk to Virginia 's exam results received a few days earlier . |
| 12 | Situated on the edge of the pedestrian zone , is the friendly Hotel Haymon , consisting of two Tyrolean chalet style buildings set a few yards apart . |
| 13 | They may concede that there may be frictional teething problems lasting a few years or even a few decades but argue that these are overcome eventually . |
| 14 | Other valley fields have a few dairy cows on grass . |
| 15 | Each of these Upper Triassic faunas contains a Few dinosaurs however ; but only 0–5 to 3–0 per cent of the total specimens . |
| 16 | But it is likely to prove empty in the end , even if the workers are right in thinking that , at this stage , they have nothing to lose and that a threat to withdraw their labour might help their union representatives wring a few more concessions from those in whose hands the firm 's fate now rests . |
| 17 | focusing on your specific matting needs requires a few guide lines that should eliminate slection confusion and more importantly , put your workers on the right mat : |
| 18 | Deal and Dover boats found a few codling at Fan Bay and other inshore marks . |