Example sentences of "of a few [noun pl] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One arrived at the bedside of a total stranger , and inside of a few hours that stranger became not merely the most important person in the world , but one 's entire world . |
| 2 | I decided to put pen to paper and let you know of a few problems some of us have in trying to become machine knitters . |
| 3 | Cystoids ( class Cystoidea ) are even odder animals : often rather irregular bags of calcite plates , or if composed of a few plates these may carry powerful ribbing . |
| 4 | In fact , with the exception of a few critics such as Lytton Strachey who noticed ‘ the melancholy of regretful recollection , of bitter speculation , of immortal longings unsatisfied ’ , the poems of 1912–13 attracted little attention . |
| 5 | The Supreme Soviet usually met for two sessions of a few days each year . |