Example sentences of "[conj] a few [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Put it into a pot with an onion , a couple of carrots , peppercorns , a bay leaf and a few parsley stalks . |
| 32 | That , and a few water spouts , but then boys will be boys . |
| 33 | Inexpensive rediffusion sets ( where one central receiver would serve a large number of speakers in different houses ) were introduced in the Dar es Salaam suburb of Ilala and a few community listening posts elsewhere in the capital . |
| 34 | They 'd go there after work for a drink and a few rock stars would turn up . |
| 35 | The mix of strong bluesy ballads and a few rock numbers combine to present an original album . |
| 36 | Put your talking tapes there and a few CD-ROM products , and computer software . |
| 37 | Further north , and a few miles west of Fréteval , which Philip had held since last June , the lord of Vendôme switched his allegiance to France . |
| 38 | We stayed in a few bed and breakfasts when we thought we needed a wash , and a few youth hostels . |
| 39 | Where is Q P9 ? papers rustling This one I think we should give a little thought , because this is the one I think where oh yes this is going to get complicated because I have now been given a quiff and a few suggestion forms about it |
| 40 | He drove past until he found a rest area : just a track behind trees and a few picnic tables . |
| 41 | The drawing was initiated with graphite only in the broadest terms ; horizon , river angles , and a few roof tops — these were the key structural definitions . |
| 42 | In addition to the usual inns and shops , professional residences and a few town houses belonging to the local nobility and gentry , it contained two barracks , county courts , a prison , a workhouse , a hospital and a museum . |
| 43 | In two rooms off the courtyard are women , children and a few greybeard patriarchs . |
| 44 | We did our best to keep the men amused with socials and off-the-cuff concerts , but the thing which was most appreciated was the homely atmosphere provided by my wife and three children and by Mrs Weaverhurst and a few Maymyo friends still left . |
| 45 | A house-sit on the island for the MacLachlans at Camus Lusta in the Waternish area , where The Book was first found , gave me the luxury of motorised instead of pedestrian pursuance of Mr Reid Esq , save one memorable walk and a few hill scrambles . |
| 46 | Supplies were to consist of four water bottles each , three pounds of dates and a few glucose sweets . |
| 47 | Inside were a couple of building-society account books and a few bank notes . |
| 48 | I have a rock and coral arrangement in one corner , with a mixture of smooth flat rocks and a few coral items . |
| 49 | I strode well away from the Land Rover but there were cockle shells everywhere and a few needle whelks , like minute unicorns ' horns less than half an inch long . |
| 50 | Decorate the table and dishes with little flags , coloured umbrellas and a few jelly cases filled with pretty coloured sweets . |
| 51 | So , after much jockeying and a few power lunches ( although all three contestants for the top spot — McDonald , Stewart , and Somerville — deny this ) Trevor has got the top job and a salary reckoned close to £125,000 a year . |
| 52 | A friend of mine Dave who wrote half the album with me and produced the album has been on at me for five years , come on let's make an album , let's make an album , let's make an album , making a , let's make an album er and a few record companies have come on and they 've always wanted me to do an album like maybe , let's prepackage old sixties ' songs and revise them , or let's do love themes from T V shows and which would never have interested me , so I said to Dave , you know when a record company comes with an offer to make an album , to do the album I wan na do then we 'll do one . |
| 53 | Calcium ions turn on the zygote at fertilisation , and a few years back were named the ‘ final common pathway ’ in cell death . |
| 54 | So they 're probably just gon na have their you know merchandise and a few people sort of |
| 55 | Next to the Met Office was the teleprinter room where yards of paper would come spewing out from the machine at regular intervals , bearing coded weather reports from all the other Met Stations in the United Kingdom and a few weather ships in the Atlantic , and these had to be painstakingly plotted on blank charts of the British Isles . |
| 56 | Now it merits but a few column inches in a few papers . |
| 57 | In all but a few cases interviews were taped . |
| 58 | Moreover , it was but a few minutes walk from the Junior School ( Roslyn ) , and only a little further from the senior school ( Westmount High ) to which Esther and Leonard were duly sent . |
| 59 | But a few miles south-west of these peaks are the Low Tatras . |
| 60 | ‘ Southport 's seafront area is in an appalling state , it is disgraceful , but a few plastic dummies wo n't put the problem right , ’ said Southport 2000 's Tony Quirke . |