Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] and [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | A few supermarkets and food shops were open , most with long queues of customers waiting in the intense heat , hoping to stock up on food and other necessities in case the paralysis of the city 's life continues . |
| 2 | I did n't go till about half ten ah no cos I had a few letters and stuff to write first and I thought right I 'll just take me time and , cos I wanted to I did n't wan na go faster than you know than I should , I should have done sort of thing cos I wanted to time it properly . |
| 3 | At a time when the easy option for a band like Moose would be to step up the distortion , rip off a few riffs and steam into the easy-money heaven where rock pigs run wild , they 've flipped away on a heady , affecting tangent that 's been traced in the last five or ten years by The Weather Prophets and Lloyd Cole , but rarely in that time with such grace and preconception-shattering nerve . |
| 4 | AT A time when the easy option for a band like Moose would be to step up the distortion , rip off a few riffs and steam into the easy-money heaven where rock pigs run wild , they 've flipped away on a heady , affecting tangent that 's been traced in the last five or ten years by The Weather Prophets and Lloyd Cole , but rarely with such grace . |
| 5 | WATCH receptionist/telephonist Ann Sheppard at work for a few minutes and productivity levels take on a whole new dimension . |
| 6 | Apart from our full time Dinghy Sailing and Windsurfing holidays , we have a few windsurfers and single handed dinghies which may be hired locally by the day , the half day or the hour subject to availability . |
| 7 | Large families eke out an existence for six days a week on a few loaves and margarine . |
| 8 | A few of his fellow citizens would wait until the train was about to depart , nobble him and throw him on the train , slip the guards a few dollars and wave goodbye . |
| 9 | After a few drinks and dancing , all were quite content until they heard that some people get proposed to on Christmas Eve . |
| 10 | Your family would n't hold you back , and you have a professional qualification that 's highly in demand wherever you go , if you wanted to stay a few years and work . |
| 11 | That case is not expected to come to court for a few months and Dairy Crest wanted to stop him trading in the meantime . |
| 12 | And Elfed , her new husband , married only a few months and heir to a clan of claimants . |
| 13 | But if you thought about the order that you test , then , if something does n't work , you may only have to go back a few steps and re-test . |
| 14 | She had a thin , satisfied smile on her face , which not even a few smirks and elbow nudgings among those ladies who had been at the tea could banish . |