Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whoever sowed the seed , the conference was due to meet within a few hours . |
| 2 | The British Museum 's show was originally scheduled to coincide with the publication of its new catalogue of the drawings of Rembrandt and his School , due to appear in a few year 's time . |
| 3 | It is not known why this occurs in a few animals after strangles infection . |
| 4 | As for England , although the lute was played at the beginning of the century , the only music for it in any source earlier than c. 1540 consists of a few pieces in the British Library manuscript , Royal App. 58 ( see p. 186 ) , two of which bear titles showing that they were settings of songs by Sir Thomas Wyatt ( ‘ Hevyn and erth ’ ) and Henry Howard , Earl of Surrey ( ‘ In winter 's just return ’ ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Spoken like a true woman , ’ said Dr Neil , staring at the board , empty save for a few pieces clustered round a pair of kings in one corner . |
| 6 | It is easy to spot from a few feet away . |
| 7 | Backpackers must make adjustments — quite easy to do with a few days ' walking under your belt , not so simple when your planning trips in your living room . |
| 8 | It is impossible to describe in a few words , but one thing that many knitters do not realise is that it can be worked from either left or right and that some people find one side much easier than the other ( not necessarily related to whether you are right or left handed either ! ) . |
| 9 | The first was a mistake which , all politicians will tell you , is easily made and relatively simple to correct with a few carefully worded statements and some abuse of the media . |
| 10 | Essentially , however , a muscle is composed of a number of long fibres , each measuring from a few hundred µm in diameter . |
| 11 | But there are those who prefer to promote the rumour that CDs are hardly long-lasting and likely to self-destruct after a few years . |
| 12 | It left the world unchanged save in a few interesting particulars . |
| 13 | These contrast with a few words which suggest a faint potential disturbance of the underlying calmness : animated , glitter , gleams , ripple . |
| 14 | The future fate of the Universe is not one of humanity 's more pressing problems : on this scale nothing drastic is likely to happen for a few hundred billion years yet . |
| 15 | The individual trials lasted no more than five minutes each followed by a few minutes ' deliberation . |
| 16 | It all starts with a few slow miles in the suburbs , then out into the Suffolk countryside , with a long trail of runner snaking their way along narrow country lanes . |
| 17 | It 's all done in a few seconds , which means it 's even harder for you to fend off the messages ; they go in subliminally , which means you are n't aware of them . |
| 18 | But we could all do with a few less stuffed velvet Loch Ness monsters and dismal cafeterias that smell of incontinence . |
| 19 | It all happened in a few seconds . |
| 20 | One thing is clear : Islam flourishes like a hardy plant wherever it springs up , and a tradition that has endured for over 1,300 years is sure to endure for a few more . |
| 21 | I 'm amazingly affluent compared with a few years ago , especially when I was on the dole for three years . |
| 22 | The cost of evening courses or those consisting of a few sessions in a school of nursing cost considerably less than residential week long courses or part-time variations held over a period of several months . |
| 23 | ‘ Hopefully I will be able to continue with a few engagements when I return to Northern Ireland . ’ |
| 24 | When Hazel and Fiver reached the floor of the hollow they found Blackberry waiting for them , crouching on the peat arid nibbling at a few brown stalks of sedge-grass . |
| 25 | Thought you might be able to help with a few snippets of case law . ’ |
| 26 | Sandwiched between the pair is a vast array of goods , ranging from the luxurious to the novel , the exorbitantly priced to those selling for a few pounds . |
| 27 | Air is so vital that it is only possible to live for a few minutes without it . |
| 28 | A small squadron could make a series of relay runs , each programmed for a few specific targets . |
| 29 | Sweating remained , child labour survived , and reformers could still find terrible poverty to expose , but improving conditions meant rising expectations , even though these were at first limited to a few . |
| 30 | It 's also somewhat perverse to complain about a few innocent posts when the top of Ben Nevis is a lofty scrapyard . |