Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [prep] [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 | 13.3.2 Few authorities on fraud and partiality |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | There are , however , precious few parallels amongst athletes and footballers . |
| 8 | The moment of asking was one of their few times of agreement and understanding . |
| 9 | I 've pressed it a few times by accident and then needed it . |
| 10 | Having completed his course , he found that there were few vacancies for horticulturists and he is once again on the dole . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Myenteric plexuses often participate in familial amyloid polyneuropathy and in a few cases with AL and AA . |
| 13 | It took a few minutes for Curtis and Adrian to realise their baby had disappeared . |
| 14 | So on that very depressing note , er I 'll leave we 've got a few minutes for questions or objections if anyone wants to , we 've got some head shaking . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | There were a few sticks of furniture and the floor was beaten earth , rather cold despite the summer . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | ( 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 . |
| 22 | Cannons are dangerous if sometimes unpredictable weapons whose manufacture is limited to a few groups of human and Dwarf experts . |
| 23 | Although we are in a missionary situation very few plans for evangelism and church planting are being drawn up by British denominations . |
| 24 | Then , in the silence , Bigwig lurched to his feet , swayed a moment , tottered a few steps towards Fiver and fell again . |
| 25 | There are surprisingly few recordings from Europe or America to suggest that this important issue has been raised and discussed . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | If M and N are any two positions , then say fc(M)>fc(N) if either all entries in fc(M) are strictly positive , and fc(M) is shorter than fc(N) or fc(M) and fc(N) have the same length , and the first few entries in fc(M) and fc(N) are equal and the next entry of fc(M) is larger than that of fc(N) . |
| 28 | ‘ Chapman , who gave few words of praise and fewer of blame , inspired awe and respect , rather than fear . |
| 29 | Before concluding I would just like to put down a few words on permission and such like . |
| 30 | Because of the visits to the footplate to see the controls , and also the food cooked traditional style on the shovel , most of the people at the party will have exchanged a few words with Roger and gained an impression of the sort of cheerful , obliging chap he was . |