Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may pay a high price for their few years of glory with injury problems in later life and will probably never enjoy the relative prosperity of their first working years again . |
| 2 | The moment of asking was one of their few times of agreement and understanding . |
| 3 | Certainly for the American clearinghouses it is one of their few sources of finance , and again it also serves to maintain them as focal points for information . |
| 4 | One of her few friends in the movement , whom she used to meet at Lockharts in the Strand for a poached egg once a week , had come down from a mill town in Lancashire in 1916 with nothing but two brown paper parcels . |
| 5 | She had added a large floppy white collar bought in Spaxton , and one of her few pieces of jewellery — a Victorian cameo on a gold chain . |
| 6 | In one of his few appearances for the junior teams at Preston somebody threw the ball at him and said : ‘ You play soccer , you have a go . ’ |
| 7 | Playing one of his few games in goal for Scotland , the Perth-born keeper , rolled the ball out to the experienced Manchester City fullback Willie Donachie ; with a shot of slide-rule perfection , Donachie lobbed the stranded Blyth , scoring a perfect own goal which gave Wales a fortunate draw . |
| 8 | Quoted by Samuel Johnson [ q.v. ] in volume two of his Dictionary ( in spirit , if not literally , one of his few infringements of his principle of excluding living authors ) , it is couched in the Scriblerian tradition of ironic instruction in undesirable skills . |
| 9 | David Thomson felt that , ‘ Hoffman seemed at a loss … in one of his few concessions to the big-salary syndrome . ’ |
| 10 | A slight chill the day after the sale had delayed her journey to London and so she had been forced to leave Summer Lodge with her few possessions in a bag and watch as the cab carried her from the large estate on the hill to the cramped rooms of the house in Chapel Street . |
| 11 | The old man 's come out — probably the old lady first with a bundle , and the old man 'd come out with his few possessions in a red handkerchief tied up . |
| 12 | In a year or two he should have a decent sized flock — of course he 's not normally down here this early , he only has a bit of a stable down here that he rents for the summer along with his few acres of grass and his bit of land for cultivation . |
| 13 | I was generally pressed for time in my few days in Sydney , and did not have the opportunity to explore the graphic potential of the monoline as well s it deserved . |
| 14 | CUT AND THRUST Hughes & Kettner Attax/CF-200 Rack Adding to the mind-boggling maze of equipment available in the never-ending search for the best compact rack setup , Hughes & Kettner add in their few pfennigs worth … |
| 15 | In his few remarks on clause 56 , the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East assumed that it referred to British Rail . |
| 16 | There are countless stories about his enthusiasm for trains , from his few moments on the footplate of the Flying Scotsman to David Tweedie 's interview for a job at TMcL largely spent in discussing a mutual interest in the LNER . |
| 17 | Well what did you get up to this morning in your few minutes of freedom ? |
| 18 | A staid nun , with a set routine and customs ; you would remember from your few weeks in the novitiate how careful Dame Frances was to douse the fire with water . |
| 19 | ’ And as he and Kraal continued to talk old Minch quietly dropped down to her shelter and took up the food there , listening to their few memories of the world outside . |
| 20 | Standing on the summit I reflected on our few days of warm sunshine , high quality bolted routes , lots of fun and curious pebble climbing in a mountain setting . |