Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] ['s] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To have 32 seeds in a 128 women 's singles draw , would be nothing less than a protection racket . |
| 2 | Apart from a few critics ' reservations about the strength of the show 's songs , the reviews saluted Crawford as the West End 's newest star . |
| 3 | This was formerly the ceramic market and there are still a few potters ' stalls at the far end near Charles Bridge . |
| 4 | Wealthy ladies , doing a little charitable slumming , as well as a few shopkeepers ' wives , bought the pretty baby clothes , and the doll she had dressed went for a fabulous price , to be given to some little girl more fortunate than those for whom the money was being raised . |
| 5 | • Scotland 's Sunday Mail managed to satisfy quite a few fishkeepers ' preoccupations by combining beer and fish in not just one but two stories . |
| 6 | No doubt when Wrexham see what a joke he is , he will be back at ‘ The Tip ’ licking a few supporters ' backsides and begging for his job back . |
| 7 | Get a few Pils ' cabinets |
| 8 | For example , the £750 million outstanding on credit cards might represent only a few weeks ' purchases . |
| 9 | She walked rapidly back to the hotel and collected her car from the parking area , then drove back and parked a few cars ' lengths from the boatyard . |
| 10 | A few children 's homes have been opened but they also double as reformatories for young offenders . |
| 11 | This would render fruitless two and a half years ' negotiations between LAG and BP Coal leaving LAG to start from scratch with a new company . |
| 12 | Voluntary organisations like the Rainer Foundation are at last being listened to and boroughs that ten years ago might have had a dozen children 's homes now have only a couple . |
| 13 | For the latter , the Association arranged the travel and accommodation for the fifty strong British contingent which included a National Workers ' Sports Association team , a group of Clarion cyclists , and spectators . |
| 14 | Andy is a store detective at a major women 's clothes store in north London . |
| 15 | Eight years later , to be precise , she was greeted by screaming crowds and the flash of a hundred photographers ' cameras . |
| 16 | Tell him to build a tower out of a hundred elephants ' tusks . " |