Example sentences of "[adv] a [adj] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Disappointment for Oxford , joy for Swindon and perhaps a few more converts to Rugby League . |
| 2 | Quite obviously a great many animals are able to tune their behaviour to their environments by learning and by other developmental mechanisms which rely on external triggering . |
| 3 | He knew she was angry with him for allowing their daughter to join the hunt , traditionally something only a select few men were allowed the honour of , but she would see his way soon enough . |
| 4 | The Dunbars have observed only a few such fights to completion but the outcome is quite remarkable . |
| 5 | Kirov took only a few more minutes to search the small studio from top to bottom . |
| 6 | " Well , if you go on like you 're doing now you may live only a few more weeks or months . |
| 7 | Only a few more entries and I 'll be finished . |
| 8 | Only a few more yards , and soon I was inside with the door locked after me . |
| 9 | They defeated Rother and Grange ‘ C ’ by wide margins and need only a few more points to be totally beyond reach . |
| 10 | Peter Dawson had been considerably older than Isobel and since he had only a few more years to serve in the army , had decided to establish a permanent home in his native town . |
| 11 | Whilst it was many centuries before flint sickles were replaced with iron scythes and reap hooks , it was only a few more years before reapers , when self binders and then combines were introduced . |
| 12 | The shock wave was delayed by only a few more seconds , and then it rolled over them like a small hurricane . |
| 13 | Written in a very attractive style this little publication is the ideal vehicle to while away a quiet few minutes and , at the same time , does something practical to help with the preservation of steam . |
| 14 | A late Victorian at sixty could look forward to scarcely a dozen more years of life ; a contemporary sixty-year-old man can expect almost twenty more years and a woman even more . |
| 15 | Just a few more autographs and it 's off to France to prepare for 2 Grand Prix in a week ; at Magny Cours on Sunday , then Silverstone 7 days later . |
| 16 | Just a few more minutes of this blissful heat toasting her limbs , then she 'd rouse herself and return to the house . |
| 17 | Just a few more vegetables or a bouillon cube , ’ he turned to Penelope , smiling , ‘ and sometimes a great deal too many potatoes . ’ |
| 18 | Just a few more upsets like yesterday 's and the Tote 's all-time record of £½ million could be in danger . |
| 19 | After it had crossed the Torrente Taro the tram had a dead straight journey for the rest of the way , stopping at three more places and picking up just a few more passengers , none of whom were regulars . |
| 20 | I 'm sure if I give just a few more pushes — |
| 21 | So he appeased them , placated them , told them they had done brilliantly and would all be very rich men in just a few more days . |
| 22 | I was quite pleased to be back home but I missed the excitement of the trips and wanted to go back for just a few more days . |
| 23 | Just a few more days ? |
| 24 | ‘ Zack , please , stay there just a few more seconds … ’ |
| 25 | Maybe just a few more seconds and they would have fired him and he would n't be in this position now . |
| 26 | Just a few more seconds ! |
| 27 | Well I 'm only trying to find just a few more recordings for her because they 're coming towards the end of the er |
| 28 | I want to live — just a few more months , just to have time to catch up on old times . ’ |
| 29 | Take just a few more risks and you 'll find that the wild world is not as unkind as you may have believed . |
| 30 | ‘ If you 've infected me already a few more minutes wo n't make much difference , ’ then grunted with laughter when she hit him . |