Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adv] [art] few " in BNC.

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1 I got through quite a few bits and pieces that was
2 A thousand feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be — especially with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand .
3 Just 1,000 feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be , especially one with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand !
4 From forty thousand pounds worth of designer garden to patio displays for just a few pounds — there 's something for everyone .
5 I had been walking for only a few minutes when I was surprised to see Miss Stapleton sitting on a rock ahead of me .
6 But he meant this to come for only a few days , not for an indefinite stay .
7 Although adults can wait for an expected reward , for example until the end of the month for their salary , pre-school children can not wait for even a few hours .
8 A second limitation is that the duration of the effect with standard doses is confined to only a few minutes before the drug diffuses around the circle of Willis and into the opposite hemisphere .
9 Prior to the 1960s , Soviet economic relations with Latin America were highly sporadic , unstable and confined to only a few countries , principally Argentina and Uruguay .
10 Christians of different denominations feel much closer together now — at the parish level — than they used to even a few years ago .
11 Mister C might be fine , but clearly someone needs to down a few more smart drinks .
12 The job depended upon careful organisation as it had to be come at only a few days ' notice .
13 I have looked at quite a few , but there have not been any which have struck me as being ‘ the one ’ .
14 Although , in terms of volume or profitability , such discoveries can not hope to make up for the fading glory of the state 's North Slope field , daily Alaskan production might fall by only a few hundred thousand barrels over the next decade , rather than dwindling away , as some had suggested .
15 Indeed , in the best of all possible media worlds , all rapes and sexual assaults would be committed by just a few sexual maniacs and the press could then help to orchestrate the national search against these declared aliens in our midst .
16 Perhaps efficiency has turned into dumping and state-aided advantages enjoyed by only a few industries here , but both sides should still be on the record .
17 Entrances should be preceded by only a few frames of ‘ dead ’ action , and exits should be equally neat .
18 This debate , still pursued by only a few specialists , has profound philosophical and theological implications .
19 Some may bloom for only a few weeks , but their display is beautiful .
20 A limitation of our study is that we had baseline data on smoking for only a few of the subjects and could not completely control for the potentially confounding effects of cigarette smoking .
21 For some other companies it is uneconomic to open for just a few days between bank holidays .
22 The mines at Sar-i-Sang were situated at over 8,500 feet and could be operated for only a few months in the year .
23 When I was pregnant , and we did not have this constantly changing situation of togetherness and separation , my husband complained that I had not noticed him kissing me goodbye in the morning — I was starting to take him for granted after only a few months without going to the mikva !
24 This interpretation was supported by the fact that a committee which might consist of only a few members could not , however honest and conscientious , assess impartially the value of its work or that of its individual members .
25 The name may not have changed but the new Bob will earn £200,000 a year , the old Bob had to make do with quite a few bob less — £93,000 .
26 The current , soon to retire , director of the Association , who came with me to meet him had been in London for a meeting of the environmental advisory group for and so he was having a taxi to Kings Cross which I jumped into too and got dropped off at Goodge Street , right outside the door of my next ( Industrial Editors ) meeting with just a few minutes to spare , so that went more smoothly than one might have ever dreamt or hoped for .
27 Small areas of rot can be cut out and filled with two-part epoxy resin , which should give a strong permanent bond , with the advantage that several layers can be applied in just a few hours , and then easily sanded to a fine finish .
28 As a consequence of casual labour the actual take-home pay , irrespective of the rate of payment , could be pitifully small , ranging from just a few coppers in a month to the best wages of all the men on the machines and , top of the league , the head dresser .
29 Prepared in only a few weeks to satisfy an urgent need for cash on the part of Steinitz , who is building an auction house complex at Saint Ouen in the suburbs of Paris , the auction did have a catalogue covering 352 major items but without printed estimates .
30 The Amphictionic coinage , for instance , was made from only a few ( nine ) dies and may not be typical .
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