Example sentences of "[Wh det] a few [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one end of this dim room was an open fireplace , in which a few huge logs still smouldered in a bed of white ash ; on either side of this were two heavy , curved and padded armchairs , covered in velvet , a dark charcoal colour , pattered with dark purple flowers , a kind of glamorised fin-de-siècle bindweed . |
| 2 | In 1912 , C. D. Paterson of Manly in Australia returned from Hawaii with a heavy redwood board which a few local bodysurfers tried in vain to ride . |
| 3 | Scrawny , like most wizards , and clad in a dark red robe on which a few mystic sigils were embroidered in tarnished sequins . |
| 4 | His own hair was hidden under a latex cap from which a few grey wisps straggled crazily . |
| 5 | Do n't make the mistake of thinking that any changes must be major ones , on a smaller scale it 's amazing what a few new accessories will achieve — paintings and prints , plants , perhaps a new round table with a floor-length cloth on it , a small but eye-catching rug , some concealed uplights in the corner ( see pages 37 and 39 ) . |