Example sentences of "[vb past] with [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was another knock on the door ; a signal that the T'ang acknowledged with a few words of Mandarin . |
| 2 | SURVIVOR : Patrese escaped with a few bruises |
| 3 | I escaped with a few scars and I have no doubt that my greatest support was the knowledge that I was n't economically dependent on my family . |
| 4 | She started with a few pounds , about four thousand pounds which she managed to wangle from the local bank manager , a great vision , an enthusiasm but very little experience . |
| 5 | Well , it was actually started by a few railway men , th right opposite Street there used to be hand laundry , and then there was a row of houses , from there , running up to the corner of Street where the club stands originally , but in the beginning it was just a row of small houses , and it started with a few railway men having a meet holding the meetings in this house , in these houses , and I 've got very dim memories of how it actually started but it was a real event when they were first , before they actually built the club it was run in the row of houses that ran from up Street as I say there was a little hand laundry corner of Street heading onto Street on the left hand side was the greengrocers , and that , they kept that greengrocers for as long as I can remember . |
| 6 | In public discussion , however , the idea that genes account for most variation among IQs seems not only controversial but also associated with a few men of allegedly questionable character . |
| 7 | It ended with a few paragraphs I 'll quote : |