Example sentences of "[vb -s] a few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I pointed out in the original review , this causes a few problems like the inability to switch players . |
| 2 | In the last phase of the shot the effect of impact causes a few cycles of vibration at a frequency of about 30 Hz . |
| 3 | WINDY Loch Assynt lies a few miles from the coast , near the picturesque fishing village of Lochinver ; surrounded by a ridge of mountains eleven miles in length , none of which drop below 2,000 feet , crowned by Sutherland 's highest peak , mighty Ben More Assynt . |
| 4 | ‘ If you ask me , he simply wants a few moments in sane and pleasant company , away from the madhouse . ’ |
| 5 | Many are apocryphal , although where a thatcher makes use of straw which contains a few ears of grain , rats may be a problem . |
| 6 | Yet another , fortunately quite rare , follows you around when it sees secateurs in your hands and drops a few eggs into the soft pith of the stem when you make a cut , before the cut wound has had time to callus and heal itself — another reason why you should always try to confine cutting to a fine dry day . |
| 7 | Willie 's story starts a few years before his first Open triumph , and bears out his theory that his golf destiny was ‘ written in the stars ’ . |
| 8 | His wife , played by Greta Scacchi , has a few secrets of her own . |
| 9 | ‘ And I think that if he has a few problems at Liverpool at first , he 'll hang on and try and make things work . |
| 10 | He has a few years on me — maybe ten — and sometimes he treats me like the son he never had . |
| 11 | He has a few suggestions for those tempted to try aerial photography . |
| 12 | With or without management , Gatfield has a few words of warning for up-and-coming hopefuls determined to make an impression on record company A&R people . |
| 13 | Neither speaks French or German but one has a few words of English , so he sits in the front . |
| 14 | For he has a few ideas of his own . |
| 15 | ‘ It needs a few gallons of hot soapy water too ! |
| 16 | WITH the Interim results a few weeks behind us , here are some of the interpretations of the City journalist . |
| 17 | The Firm uses a few muscle-brains in the Middle East and so on , but they 're employed at several removes and a lot 's done to make sure they stay overseas . |
| 18 | In the tribal agencies , government authority frequently ends a few feet from the road . |
| 19 | The hotel leaflet ends a few paragraphs on : ‘ The Newton has had many celebrities who have stayed with us over the years , including the late Harold Macmillan and Charlie Chaplin … ’ |
| 20 | A Siddiqi speech usually includes a few references to the ‘ corrupt bogheap of western culture ’ . |
| 21 | One theory is that the oil has sunk , and is drifting in globules a few metres below the surface of the water . |
| 22 | Chatting in the bar at the festival centre , the 30-year-old writer/director shows a few signs of wear ( a bad back , a persistent cold ) but is obviously still riding the adrenaline rush of getting his movie made after years of struggling on the margins of the film industry . |
| 23 | The diagram also shows a few attributes of the entities . |
| 24 | Leapor 's poetry records a few occasions of anger during her employment at Edgcote House . |
| 25 | Unlike many other contracts , the courts have not exercised a strong influence over the framework of this relationship and the common law only imposes a few terms upon leasehold parties . |
| 26 | Each jump crosses a few light-hours in a bio-second or two . |
| 27 | In her incisive essay she nips a few Icons of Feminist Art Theory in the ankle . |
| 28 | Although it takes a few minutes for the body to send out any strong signals of satiety it is probable that chewing and swallowing movements do begin to send messages to the brain . |
| 29 | In theory , it takes a few seconds for the machine to recognize a new card , but in practice it worked so fast that when I inserted the Flash RAM card and typed ‘ dir A ’ , the machine responded instantly with a list of the card 's contents . |
| 30 | Be warned : time is a great leveller and it takes a few seasons in the hard world outside the show marquee for a new rose to find its true level . |