Example sentences of "[conj] a few [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The possibility of establishing a taxon or class by fiat encourages anatomists to take one or a few specimens and subject them to very detailed dissection . |
| 2 | In all these cases , the bone accumulations resulting from burial , pitfalls , burrow deaths and hibernation/aestivation deaths are distinguished by their limitation to one or a few species but with all parts of the skeleton represented unbroken and well preserved . |
| 3 | Four years and two months ago or a few months but the gas man sort of found it dangerous . |
| 4 | You can hardly believe that a few stretchsuits and some nappies can possibly cost as much as they say , but nine months and a lot of shopping trips later , you will have been forced to accept that your new addition has managed to tip the scales severely in the debit direction . |
| 5 | This means that each job is learned completely and thoroughly , but I could n't help thinking that a few musicians and/or luthiers at strategic points around the factory would n't go amiss — groundworkers who actually understand how a guitar works and who could spot problems from the playing perspective , rather than just the engineering view . |
| 6 | Same as sex , you got ta try that a few times and then find out if you like it ! |
| 7 | It is possible that a few cells or nuclei were damaged at the site of crypt bisection and damaged nuclei would not have been measured . |
| 8 | With little more than a few snorts and grunts , the lumbering animals were coaxed down the ramp . |
| 9 | This exchange of ideas during the class in no way impeded the work of the children , as these conversations never lasted longer than a few minutes and even if two children spoke together they continued their work . |
| 10 | Where " events " last longer than a few hours or one day , the need for order in the relationship is increased . |
| 11 | Do n't worry , Billy , I wo n't stay more than a few hours and by that time I 'll know one way or the other . |
| 12 | Composers are notoriously fickle when it comes to performing their own music , but with a few exceptions ( the first part of the Diptyque being the most obvious , where the innumerable pauses , rallentandos and general changes of speed , not to mention more than a few smudges and slips , have no basis in the printed score ) Messiaen not only fulfils his own written requirements , but does so with utter conviction and persuasiveness . |
| 13 | He listened to the few men who had survived for more than a few weeks and talked of ‘ Blighty ’ and prayed only for a ‘ cushy wound ’ so they could be moved to the nearest hospital tent and , if they were among the lucky ones , eventually be sent home to England . |
| 14 | No molecule of our body survives unchanged for more than a few weeks or months ; over that period , even in adults , it is synthesized , plays its part in the cellular economy , and is then discarded , broken down and replaced by another more or less identical . |
| 15 | He could n't stay still for more than a few seconds and either paced the ground or fidgeted with his hair , clothes , hands , face and anything else within his reach . |
| 16 | Sometimes the possible link can be from much longer ago than a few months and here the memory is almost invariably an unsolved murder case . |
| 17 | It takes more than a few days but it goes again , just about . |
| 18 | Burnham boat anglers enjoyed good sport with cod and a few dogfish and rays . |
| 19 | He looked through the xerox sheets that had been pressed between them but there was nothing too controversial there , just a Jenner Clinic catalogue and price schedule and a few dates and details . |
| 20 | The first signs of a problem start with greasy skin and a few blackheads or whiteheads on nose , cheeks and forehead , indicating the rise to maturity of previously insignificant grease glands . |
| 21 | Mrs Jenks had her skittish moments ; particularly after an evening at the music hall , and a few port and lemons . |
| 22 | Well it was the first hundred houses that were built in the New Town and it housed a lot of building trade workers , a lot of engineers and a lot of archi well a lot , a few architects and a few engineers and the rest were building trade workers or of some sort or another , and a few British Hydro |
| 23 | Morrissey and Marr borrowed a drummer and a few pounds and worked a night session in a scruffy Manchester 8-track studio . |
| 24 | Moran stood erect and apart on the platform , totally separate as he gazed at the hill across the tracks where the stationmaster 's brown horse and a few cattle and sheep grazed . |
| 25 | In the pastures stood sheep , cattle and a few horses and around the farm buildings were geese , fowl and cats . |
| 26 | Get the knives and forks and some bread and a few plates and take them next door ! 1 ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I remember in the early days there were only green fields and a few cottages and farmhouses . |
| 28 | The train was stopped in plenty of time and a few VIP and press party on board were even aware of the drama outside . |
| 29 | In recently enclosed country we have instead an open regular mesh of by-roads , and a few field-paths and bridle-roads to fill in the larger spaces between the villages . |
| 30 | I predict a defeat for the scum at Man city this saturday , a win for Leeds against chelsea , a win for New Earswick ( my team ) on saturday and on sunday and a few jars and a curry on saturday night to make this week a truly memorable one . |