Example sentences of "[adv] with a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He refused a professorship in Switzerland and went instead to Manchester , armed only with a few letters of introduction . |
| 2 | And now , to cap it all , poor Byford had to be the first army victim of the latest IRA tactic — Flying Columns-compact bands armed only with a few rifles and automatic pistols , moving soundlessly at night along country lanes on foot or on bicycles , and waiting behind roadside hedges — waiting for hours , days if necessary — for a patrol to come along . |
| 3 | erm Anybody that 's well-organized , good at clerical operations , preferably can type a little bit even though , if only perhaps with a few fingers , erm would make a perfectly computer operator for a small firm . |
| 4 | It means you 'll lose a bit of paintwork when you do the job but very u most often you can get it all back together with a few flakes of paint missing . |
| 5 | Though separated from his Guard , Napoleon apparently remained in company with Soult , Bertrand and Drouot who , together with a few officers and an escort , were seen at Quatre Bras at 1 a.m. on 19 June . |
| 6 | It was in April of that year that F.W. Hardy , captain of Stockton Cycle Club , got together with a few others to complain that the Barnard Castle Meet was being dominated too much by clubs from Tyneside and suggested it was time for cycling clubs from the south of the region to break away . |
| 7 | The first issue includes a memoir of John Banting by Peter Wills , an interview with Desmond Morris by Patricia Scanlan , several pieces on Edward Roditi , an extract from a recently published book on Lee Miller and an appreciation of Lee Miller by her son Antony Penrose and various newly-written poems , together with a few illustrations . |
| 8 | But for the English the system of requisitioning , together with a few ships which might be built in both inland and seaside ports , and those constructed at Bayonne , were sufficient to meet most of their needs . |
| 9 | He delivered the letter , together with a few flowers he 'd nicked from a cemetery . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Add it to the icing sugar , together with a few drops of yellow food colouring . |
| 12 | As it was , I was lucky to get away with a few bruises if the person who slugged me was the one who knocked off Mahoney . |
| 13 | You might come away with a few commissions of your own . ’ |
| 14 | If you choose to , you can blow this whole thing sky-high , just with a few words to the wrong people . ’ |
| 15 | It was obviously a recently fledged bird , still with a few tufts of down adhering to its head , but of its parents there was no sign . |
| 16 | Building the ark was n't a matter of nipping to the DIY shop and coming home with a few boxes labelled ‘ Flatpack ark ’ . |
| 17 | He ( or she ) wo n't find a dead body in the foreshore , but he might well return home with a few cans of paint , a drum of oil , a host of seaborne lost offerings , or even a net of Spanish oranges tucked under his arm . |
| 18 | Yes , it 's , it 's about ten thousand miles , but er , er hopefully with a few adjustments , should be alright , |
| 19 | If it appears slowly with a few days warning of something being not quite right and the patient gradually sinks into the illness , then the cause is likely to lie several days or even a week earlier . |
| 20 | On this leg of the patrol it was mostly long steams southward with a few breaks for routine rummage , and we saw little in the way of oil related activity . |
| 21 | A closed question is : ‘ Did you play golf on Saturday ? ’ and ( hopefully ) you get a yes/no answer , probably with a few embellishments . |
| 22 | The rules described for chariots apply to the Pump Wagon as well with a few exceptions which take into account its unusual construction and crew . |
| 23 | Let us begin here with a few facts — and also some fallacies — about the present . |
| 24 | Even with a few days ' rehearsal it was an unnerving experience . |
| 25 | Booksellers also tend to prefer not to be associated exclusively with a few authorities or institutions , so that they themselves are less vulnerable to any changes in those libraries ' policies . |
| 26 | Needless to say the Herald proved itself admirably with a few lessons learned for next time . |
| 27 | In all the restaurants down on the coast they offer you very much the same salad , sometimes with a few olives , cucumber slices and cos lettuce all prettily arranged on a flat dish , a mixture not unlike the salade niçoise of Southern France . |
| 28 | There was one person I thought might come across with a few facts , Mahoney 's girl , Connie Fraser . |
| 29 | These may be simple moves , but they increase your chances of surviving the day intact — maybe with a few bruises , cuts and even broken bits , but still intact . |
| 30 | To Henry , the idea of being cheered on as you croaked , by Elinor , Mr and Mrs Is-the-Mitsubishi-Scratched-Yet , his mother , her mother , Maisie and anyone else with a few hours to spare was almost completely repulsive . |