Example sentences of "a few sheep " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then suddenly the white cliffs , a salty tang in the air , a few sheep and a funereal sky . |
| 2 | The Persons who inhabit the Cottages are chiefly poor Labouring People , who are induced to seek Habitations in the Forest for the Advantages of living Rent free , and having the Benefit of Pasturage for a Cow or a few Sheep , and of keeping Pigs in the Woods ; but many Encroachments have been made by People of Substance . |
| 3 | In the New Forest the most important is common of pasture , which enables about 350 commoners to depasture some 3,000 ponies , 2,000 cattle and a few sheep on about 4,500 acres of open forest throughout the year . |
| 4 | In the small front yard , where a few sheep could be penned for clipping , a tar costel is placed to hold the Stockholm tar . |
| 5 | Hurdles of metal , split oak , or wattle are very useful for quick repairs to a hedge or wall or to fold a few sheep on rape or turnips ( although they are laborious for the latter . |
| 6 | There was a rock-strewn plateau where cows with bells and a few sheep were grazing peacefully . |
| 7 | They have a few sheep , to keep down the poison ivy , a few pigs to breed , and a dusty station wagon to take them to market . |
| 8 | ‘ Of course I 'd like to see you with a few sheep , my lass , sheep being so close to my heart . |
| 9 | A few sheep still grazed there . |