Example sentences of "[vb pp] with a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To return to the offending nettle ( Urtica dioica ) or , it too had its uses : Martin Martin noted that in Skye ‘ the tops of nettles , chopped small , and mixed with a few whites or raw eggs , applied to the forehead and temples by way of a frontel , is used to procure sleep ’ . |
| 2 | The organic layer was washed with H 2 O , dried over anhydrous Na 2 SO 4 , mixed with a few drops of concentratd NH 4 OH , and evaporated in vacuo . |
| 3 | Mesmerised by that wagging right hand , the South Africans he blew away on that dramatic fifth morning at the Kensington Oval in April could certainly have done with a few chunks of green kryptonite . |
| 4 | Regular users of it wrap the edges round wooden batons , secured with a few tacks , leaving these to rest on the ground , and rolling it up on the batons when the season is over . |
| 5 | Most importantly , what did Alexander learn at that Council meeting which changed his attitude , sending him on a journey in very dangerous conditions to court a queen he could scarcely be bothered with a few weeks before ? |
| 6 | This is a very laborious and exacting technique and , to date , it has only been used with a few plants . |
| 7 | The fact is that diesel engines are produced in huge volume compared with a few years ago , reducing costs considerably , while petrol engines have grown ever more complex . |
| 8 | I 'm amazingly affluent compared with a few years ago , especially when I was on the dole for three years . |
| 9 | He 'd played with a few friends over the years but never managed to overcome the logistics of forming and fronting a band . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've dealt with a few booby-traps in my time . |
| 11 | It 's been toyed with a few times but as far I 'm aware , this is probably the first serious attempt — certainly at the sort of scale we 're talking of — to use a perched beach to provide coastal protection . |
| 12 | Yet for many centuries , Cheltenham consisted of no more than a single street , lined with a few houses . |
| 13 | Rather than having division lists , the official records merely report ‘ passed ’ , ‘ defeated ’ or ‘ passed with a few abstentions ’ . |
| 14 | The match finished with a few variations on ‘ Boring Boring Ipswich ’ and ‘ I ca n't read and I ca n't write but I can drive a tractor/taxi ’ . |
| 15 | It turned out that she lived in some place called Romford and as she was due to take me back there the day after the funeral I had only been left with a few hours to make a decision . |
| 16 | Back through the gap flew his blazing cloak , still weighted with a few grenades . |
| 17 | Faced with a few books , a folder of notes and a title , how do you start to write a history essay ? |
| 18 | What they had achieved with a few weeks of supplementary feeding was remarkable . |