Example sentences of "[noun sg] and a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A leather wallet lay open with its contents exposed and itemised : business cards , driving licence , cheque book , banker 's card and a few stamps . |
| 2 | Near one of the posts , a hammer and a few nails had been left behind . |
| 3 | We bought one ( a mistake , we should have got two ) to supplement an old ladle-handle type of thing dug out from my past , and a hammer and a few pegs to be on the safe side . |
| 4 | She fumbled with her purse and a few seconds later she held a lighter shakily to the end of a cigarette and puffed greedily . |
| 5 | Rachel found herself following him into the social club and a few minutes later when they were both seated with their drinks in the same window-seat where they had sat before she said , ‘ So what 's your connection with Conway House ? ’ |
| 6 | Long before dawn , I was propped on an elbow , with a warming mug of tea and a few verses of Romans . |
| 7 | The first real indication of the mood of the new House came on Wednesday , 3 June 1992 , the day after the Danish ‘ no ’ vote and a few hours after the prime minister had told Parliament that he intended nevertheless to press ahead with the bill ratifying the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 8 | USA hooker Tony Flay had to be replaced following an ugly facial cut and a few minutes later replacement hooker Pat Johnson had his nose broken by a punch . |
| 9 | Bizarrely , it 's a pork butcher 's shop , and there 's more to this business than a bacon slicer and a few trays of pies . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Morrissey and Marr borrowed a drummer and a few pounds and worked a night session in a scruffy Manchester 8-track studio . |
| 12 | Thus creating a succulently flavoured ham that goes perfectly with a watercress and avocado salad and a few slices of brown bread . |
| 13 | The Jimmy Young Show 's formula of tea and chat and a few questions on a postcard from Radio 2 listeners was her favourite method of reaching the general public . |
| 14 | Fraction of a second And a few weeks earlier there was a similar incident with a child in a bed er and er all our minds were on that as well . |
| 15 | The pulsar is also spinning rapidly with a period between I ms and a few seconds , but its magnetic dipole axis is not aligned with the spin axis . |
| 16 | Get the knives and forks and some bread and a few plates and take them next door ! 1 ’ |
| 17 | The weeks passed and Sarah and Maggie took in washing to pay the rent , but there was never enough money left to buy more than bread and a few vegetables . |
| 18 | There was some desultory laughter and a few heads turned to the back of the room . |
| 19 | The best decor for this type of tank consists of wood and a few rocks . |
| 20 | An ordinary little firm that has operated perfectly cheerfully with a clerk and a few assistants over the years , is it actually a practical proposition to install the computer and perhaps train one or two of the workers to use it ? |
| 21 | Crusoe 's fabled isle contained all he needed to sustain life — given , that is , that he had rescued so much of use from the wreck , not forgetting a Bible ; and Defoe 's most compelling point was that the island is a self-sufficient place to anyone who can bring courage to the task of living in it , along with an inherited faith and a few tools . |
| 22 | This , unfortunately , had not always been the case and a few farmers complained about 12 and 24 hours notice for ATB courses . |
| 23 | So serene , in fact , that after we 'd had a meal at the bungalow and a few drinks my mother did something she 'd never done before . |
| 24 | A writer can do wonders with a word processor and a few guidebooks . |
| 25 | Often the key to success is maintaining at least a pair of species , and sometimes even a small group with one male and a few females is desirable . |
| 26 | " Well , dang it , they 've nobbut had milk and a few nuts . " |
| 27 | He had acted in accordance with the Punjab creed , but with too much enthusiasm and a few decades too late . |
| 28 | Westmorland and a few followers were lucky : after joining with the reivers in attacks on the English Marches , they ultimately fled to the Netherlands and lived there as pensioners of Catholic Spain . |
| 29 | Shall I shall I just write off and send them like pound or donation and a few leaflets could |
| 30 | In a moment it was sliding over the drawbridge and a few seconds later she saw its red tail-lights disappearing at speed down the mountainside towards the outside world . |