Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The windscreen wipers trudge sluggishly and ineffectively through the water , bringing visibility down to a few feet . |
| 2 | Van Cleef was cast opposite Eastwood in For A Few Dollars More ( 1965 ) and The Good , The Bad and The Ugly ( 1966 ) and immediately became a major star and a poster pin-up . |
| 3 | He paid , and still looking thoughtful , escorted the young girls through the mahogany and brass revolving doors into the burgundy-coloured , upholstered , mirrored and gilded interior of Le Grand Condé , where in heaps of rosy cumulus , nymphs with come-hither looks and not a stitch on except a few blue satin ribbons frolicked between the mirrored panels on the walls and ceiling . |
| 4 | Central Office tried to keep the local parties alive , for the party truce was only renewed for a few months at a time and parliament was prolonged beyond its five-year term only for a few months at a time too . |
| 5 | They then worked on the script together for a few months before joining Peckinpah in England , where he was busy with pre-production . |
| 6 | Sometimes the German fighters followed the bombers back to their bases , and then when they saw the flare path light up for a few brief moments to guide the homecoming aircraft down , they would open up with their guns . |
| 7 | It referred to a note which he 'd included with the Firearm Certificate application form and the fee , saying that he ( Sampson ) had a chance at a Weatherby Magnum Deluxe rifle at a price that was madness , but only if he could wrap the deal up within a few days . |
| 8 | ‘ We 'd have half the police force here in a few minutes if we did , ’ she said . |
| 9 | They would have the fire brigade round in a few moments if the external noise had been as loud as the internal one . |
| 10 | Remember the fighting qualities of the Maccabeans ; think of the Warsaw ghetto and the amazing resistance therein of a few ordinary men and women who fought a whole battalion of Nazi storm-troopers , while Polish people stood by and wondered at such bravery . |
| 11 | The European Year of Tourism officially ended at a conference in Budapest , at which the HCIMA presented and participated in the workshop on training and management along with a few others , including the President of the Committee for Vocational training in Germany and the Deputy Secretary of the World Tourism Organisation . |
| 12 | This is a standard way to implement word processing : the ‘ pool ’ breaks secretarial work down into a few routine activities like typing , making travel reservations and answering the phone . |
| 13 | The Director paused and watched the scene below for a few thoughtful seconds , as a squad of house servants bagged and carried out the human remains , and began stripping off the blood-soaked canvas cover from the padded squares underneath , removing it for cleaning . |
| 14 | ‘ I need your help just for a few minutes . |
| 15 | We 'll be taking a look around the scene here in a few moments , but first let's see how the people and town of Cheltenham prepares for the biggest invasion of the year . |
| 16 | The sergeant thought Blanche would be tired after the tension of the previous hour or two , and he expected Blanche to sit at her desk quietly for a few minutes . |
| 17 | Roll the cake up towards that end and hold in place just for a few minutes . |
| 18 | The operation was to have taken place anyway in a few days , but her condition worsened on the flight from Zagreb . |
| 19 | Every nation believes that its enemies were the aggressors , and may make war again in a few years unless they are utterly defeated . |
| 20 | At the last minute the convention 's keynote speaker for Sunday 26 April was taken ill , and her replacement turned out to be Mr John Frohnmayer , the dismissed chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts who , although not scheduled to leave his post officially until a few days later , had actually worked his last day the previous Friday . |
| 21 | But most areas did avoid the rain apart from a few spots of rain over the islands . |
| 22 | He returned an hour later with a few stunted bushes he had managed to prise from the rock . |
| 23 | Then ignore the puppy entirely for a few minutes , emphasizing that no further play will follow under these circumstances . |
| 24 | If necessary a small soda-water bottle with cap will do — add 150ml of distilled or purified water together with a few drops of vodka or brandy . |
| 25 | Collect the leaves and stems of the plant that the eggs have been laid on , and put them in the cage in a pot of water together with a few more leaves or shoots of the same kind . |
| 26 | So we have got his name down at a few schools |
| 27 | Thus tunicates ( creatures distantly related to vertebrates , and commonly known as ‘ sea-squirts ’ ) naturally accumulate vanadium or titanium which are present in sea water only in a few parts per billion . |
| 28 | If he was n't home , I 'd go back to the squat and keep my head down for a few days . |
| 29 | We weighed each other up for a few moments without speaking . |
| 30 | We pushed each other around for a few minutes . |