Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 6.30 pm I leave for home and a quick shower before going to the darts match and a few beers . |
| 2 | Some changes were made and a few concessions were wrung from the government . |
| 3 | ‘ Wait but a few moments here for me , ’ she said more gently , ‘ for I must make my farewell to the Lady Percy , who has been more than kind to me . ’ |
| 4 | The experience left her physically and emotionally drained and a few months later she returned to hospital for a hysterectomy . |
| 5 | Next , myself , a little shaken and a few scratches , and lastly Sgt. Storrie , who seemed okay . |
| 6 | There was a lot of hand-clasping , cuddling and a few tears , some of them from Salome . |
| 7 | It had flown but a few hours in his ownership , and it might be available for a feature in Pilot . |
| 8 | His only children were a daughter , Lois , who survived him , and a son , Stanley Robert , who lived but a few days : both were by his first wife . |
| 9 | His pal his workmate was retired and a few months after , Arthur died , so it left me the one and the owners of the property , they give me notice to quit and no messing about er and when I talked to them , they give me twelve months , rate free , to erm get out . |
| 10 | Once the lids of the outer case and the leaden shell had been removed , the workman prised off the lid of the inner coffin ; the slightly yellowed silk sheets were drawn back and there lay the body of the child , looking as if he had gone off to sleep but a few moments before . |
| 11 | To cite but a few examples , he notes that a ‘ refreshing drink for such as are ill of fevers ’ was whey in which was boiled violets ( Viola riviniana ) , , ‘ field bowl ’ . |
| 12 | To cite but a few examples , the thistle is the official badge of the Clan Stewart . |
| 13 | Because the life-experience of women is normally so different from that of men , they are likely to conceptualise freedom , equality , rights , responsibility and autonomy , to give but a few examples , in a rather different way from men . |
| 14 | IT 'S been a busy couple of months in the ‘ video vaults ’ of Corporate Communications with three videos distributed and a few others on the production line . |
| 15 | Sam spent the next morning poking his broom everywhere it was wanted and a few places it was n't until he had swept up several titbits of very interesting information . |
| 16 | My second husband had been born 6,000 miles away , but at his funeral service the coffin lay but a few feet from the church war memorial tablet bearing Leslie 's name . |
| 17 | The sap which was emitted into the tank water as the plant ‘ broke down ’ contains co carcinogenics , phorbyl esters and cytotoxin to name but a few poisons . |
| 18 | VRTX has had 4,500 design wins and can be found in Ricoh cameras , Apple printers , Motorola cellular phones , submarines , bomber planes and pacemakers to name but a few applications . |
| 19 | Deaf people educated by such approaches may well leave school or college with a ( limited ) knowledge of language and communication , but what of their knowledge of science , mathematics , sociology , hearing people and sex , to name but a few examples ? |
| 20 | Are you frightened some of your readers will agree with the aims as outlined in what I believe form part of the BNP manifesto : support for reintroduction of both capital and corporal punishment , withdrawal from EEC membership , return to National Service , to name but a few items . |
| 21 | At the end of every chapter there 's a review of what you 've just learned and a few questions to check that it 's really sunk in ( and a mini glossary of any new terms/jargon you may have picked up on the way . |
| 22 | Some knowledge of the West was encouraged and a few individuals travelled abroad . |
| 23 | This yard was just a kind of higgledy-piggledy yard with a with a a wall along there where you 're standing and a few lean-tos . |
| 24 | It is essential to provide places where the more sensitive species of marine fish can retire and a few pieces of rock to simulate their natural reef environment makes for a much more natural and stress-free environment . |
| 25 | She was raped and then killed and a few days later her naked corpse found somewhere in the hills . |
| 26 | By the time Cynthia had discovered that Harry Keynes , now twenty-one years old , was living in Kentucky in the United States , Dorothy had but a few days to live . |
| 27 | The fight lasted but a few minutes , when the soldiers retreated before us for twelve miles . |
| 28 | By nightfall the whole city was burning and the few survivors were fleeing southwards towards Altdorf . |