Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never buy it of fortnightly so I I 'll go to the shop and I 'll say , Right , probably seven tins of beans , seven tins of peas , er you know a few tins a few beans er tins of spaghetti and things like that you know , bits and bobs , but I 'll still get a joint for me Sundays . |
| 2 | The first is to design and construct local services for the majority of mentally disordered people who live in their own homes and who may use mental health services for only a few weeks every few years . |
| 3 | When recounting this story to some friends a few weeks ago , one of them added : ‘ Well , even that has changed . |
| 4 | Staff should be discouraged from carrying over anything more than a few holidays a few days holiday from one year to the next , unless it 's for specific purposes , such as climbing , catching dingo or visiting Aunty Mabel in New Zealand . |
| 5 | That 's why all cars a few years ago started looking the same , now they all look sort of like this . |
| 6 | I can not imagine what sort of place this gentleman imagined he was coming to in bringing the latter , but I must say it struck something of an odd note to see in Darlington Hall these two large silent men staring suspiciously in all directions a few yards from wherever the Italian gentleman happened to be . |
| 7 | However , when he met those advisers a few days after assuming office , it was clear that many of them were gravely suspicious of Russian aims in the post-war period . |
| 8 | One member of the defence team estimated that Newall 's brother , Mark , a broker based in Paris who was arrested on the same charges a few days ago and now faces extradition from France , has paid more than £100,000 so far in legal costs in Gibraltar . |
| 9 | As it happened , he had been shot through both legs a few months before . |
| 10 | Entering the shielded room , the physician will place both hands a few inches above the disturbed area in the patient 's energy field , and begin to ‘ tune in ’ and resonate biomagnetic energy field patterns in unison with the patient . |