Example sentences of "few [noun pl] of [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a recent case , the police posed as ordinary civilians in order to trap a shop owner , licensed to sell liquor by the case only , into selling them a few cans of lager and a bottle of wine . |
| 2 | We were more used to being given a few cans of lager and that was it , ’ says Solowka . |
| 3 | Quite a few cans of Coke and things like that , quite a few cans for relieving yourself ! |
| 4 | The passageway here splits into two , one branch leading to the engine sump where a cage lies jammed for ever , the other leading to where a small spiral stairway runs up from a hole in the wall , over the tunnel , to the engine room which , apart from a few acts of vandalism and the ravages of time , is very much as it was on the day it was left . |
| 5 | In a country where the media is state controlled and acts as a mouthpiece for the Party , putting up posters was one of the few forms of communication and free expression . |
| 6 | The moment of asking was one of their few times of agreement and understanding . |
| 7 | If the patient takes more medicine than they need then there will be over-reaction but I have had very few cases of over-reaction and always the state produced has calmed within a day . |
| 8 | The Blessed Sacrament Chapel is in a small room just inside the Presbytery door and to it come over a hundred people who give an hour of their time a week to ‘ watch ’ but there are countless others who come in just for a minute or two and there find a few minutes of silence and prayer . |
| 9 | I 've nothing against these two teams , but to be deprived of the euphoric English faces after only a few minutes of joy and achievement was an insult . |
| 10 | He sees few signs of complacency but a greater appreciation of hazards and a commitment to taking the right precautions , which he considers are the surest way of accelerating progress towards a safer future . |
| 11 | He will probably show a few signs of wear and tear , but as long as your vet recommends purchase he could be a good buy . |
| 12 | There were a few sticks of furniture and the floor was beaten earth , rather cold despite the summer . |
| 13 | Now , Roger , I beg you , let us go back to our chamber , warm ourselves , snatch a few hours of sleep and tomorrow , as we break fast in the hall , I shall confront the murderer . ’ |
| 14 | ( 193 ) In Bonn , the few hours of talk and the banquets with West German leaders were made to produce , by all accounts , the information he needed . |
| 15 | Cannons are dangerous if sometimes unpredictable weapons whose manufacture is limited to a few groups of human and Dwarf experts . |
| 16 | I FIRST came across Theatre de Complicite seven years ago in a show called More Bigger Snacks Now , which featured a definitive demonstration of just how much mess it is possible to make with a few packets of crisps and a couple of cans of Coke . |
| 17 | ‘ Chapman , who gave few words of praise and fewer of blame , inspired awe and respect , rather than fear . |
| 18 | Most of these rural craftsmen were still part-time farmers or cottagers with a few acres of land and rights on the commons and wastes . |
| 19 | In a year or two he should have a decent sized flock — of course he 's not normally down here this early , he only has a bit of a stable down here that he rents for the summer along with his few acres of grass and his bit of land for cultivation . |
| 20 | All that exists of the imposing dwelling is a few feet of wall and an open fireplace adjoining Cumnor Church . |
| 21 | They insisted that neither loyalists nor republicans would have left 200 lb of explosive within a few feet of men and women working contentedly in the bakery kitchen and suggested that it was more like the work of outside agents , acting under strict and impersonal orders . |
| 22 | Again using improvisation as its ethos , the album once more finds Talk Talk sailing blissfully off into the unknown , each musician using their own initiative , steering the music through freeform jazz and contemporary classical music , Hollis occasionally adding a few lines of comfort and despair in his fragile and tender voice . |
| 23 | Later that evening I joined them for dinner , sharing a few tins of Compo and three bottles of French cider . |
| 24 | Few countries of Europe and few major cities of America had failed to benefit from their large developments in the constant search for new markets in the expanding empire they were building . |
| 25 | Curiously , most of the rules seem to have been conceived for print media : there are few pieces of TV and radio ‘ folklore ’ of this kind . |
| 26 | ‘ Apart from a few pieces of glass and steel which had been gifts from my family and had sentimental value , I let her run riot among my other acquisitions . |
| 27 | There is the ever-tightening noose in the last few years of Thatcherism and all its implications . |
| 28 | There is especially favourable treatment for partnerships in their first few years of trading and , similarly , special rules apply when a ‘ cessation ’ occurs . |
| 29 | Walnut was used for the bodies and necks during the first few years of production but later Gibson switched to mahogany as this proved to be a more stable material , with less material wastage during the timber selection procedure . |
| 30 | What you can do with a two-ounce jar of smoked cod 's roe , a few spoonfuls of oil and a potato is quite a revelation to many people . |