Example sentences of "a few [noun] [noun pl] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he arrived with his parents for the interview the headmaster took him to a field where a few golf holes were laid out , handed him a wedge and a bucket of balls , and told Jack to hit some shots at one of the greens while he organised some tea for his parents . |
| 2 | In all but a few cases interviews were taped . |
| 3 | A few reference books were collected from the library , from people 's own shelves ; somebody found a couple of Leicester guide books in a Yorkshire second-hand shop . |
| 4 | A few FGD schemes were installed : at North Wilford , Battersea , Bankside and Fulham . |
| 5 | A few late-Sunday diners were finishing their lime pie and coconut ice-cream as the small party walked past the vast open dining-room and onto the deep enclosed veranda which was used as a bar . |
| 6 | Quite a few membership forms were applied for , together with promises of photographs , information etc . |
| 7 | When I arrived , the village was deathly quiet ; a few fishing boats were pulled up on the shingly beach but there was no activity . |
| 8 | The rock is a unique form of conglomerate , so warming up on a few practice routes was needed to get a feel for it . |
| 9 | The Churchill Government inherited a highly efficient system of Cabinet and official committees , but with in a few months officials were complaining that the neat system consolidated by Clement Attlee was in disarray . |