Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adv] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of these claims can be considered , and either allowed or disallowed , only by looking at the work as a whole ; others can be at least understood after reading only a few lines : |
| 2 | This bright red bus is large and suitable for serving quite a few children . |
| 3 | Channichthyid fish of antarctic waters , for example the icefish Champsocephalus aceratus , are unusual in possessing only a few erythrocytes ( red blood corpuscles ) as larvae and none as adults ; related species have much reduced erythrocyte counts throughout life . |
| 4 | This year was unusual in having quite a few cool , cloudy days and some rain , though the final week was sunny and quite hot . |
| 5 | Spurs then started knocking the ball around nicely from the back and succeeded in creating quite a few gaps . |
| 6 | There was little Luch could do , apart from laying aside a few blocks of honeycomb for her . |
| 7 | The BEA also looked carefully at the possibility of importing plant and materials , but ( with steel prices significantly higher in the USA and Europe and considerable difficulties in obtaining foreign exchange ) they confined themselves to importing only a few specialist components which were causing serious delays in the programme . |
| 8 | And I think she intends on having quite a few drinks . |
| 9 | Tom had not reached the ripe old age of twenty-nine without discovering quite a few of them . |
| 10 | The extent to which these young people were able to read and write , even when claiming that ability , was often limited to stringing together a few simple words — the Lord 's Prayer might be learned " parrot fashion " . |
| 11 | Assembly time is a natural occasion for identifying just a few children who have done well — a whole succession of children called to the front for praise in a single assembly simply devalues the reward . |
| 12 | The mestizo dug his thumb into his cocaine pouch and cursed at finding only a few grains on the nail . |
| 13 | So what numbers could you make just by taking just a few of these and |
| 14 | We combine these by choosing just a few random points in them , say two or three , and copying from the first string up to the first point ; then copying from the second up to the second point ; then copying from the first again ; and so on , switching between them at each point . |