Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only sources so far identified in Europe comprise a few boulders from Piedmont and Switzerland . |
| 2 | ‘ There have been quite a few calls from readers … |
| 3 | ‘ We get a few calls from people who have lost heavy vehicles which ca n't be recovered by civilian companies . ’ |
| 4 | She recognised a few faces from Amelia 's party , but most of the dead people were strangers . |
| 5 | The old Minpin climbed out of his window and walked straight down the big steeply sloping branch , then up another branch until he found a place only a few inches from Little Billy 's face . |
| 6 | Conning a few pounds from Mr Yarrow and walking the streets held little appeal . |
| 7 | In the villages without supplies water for all domestic purposes is fetched from springs , from wells and in a few cases from streams . |
| 8 | And a commonplace book , and a few letters from friends , and this one diary of Blanche Glover 's , just for three years . |
| 9 | I received a few letters from strangers which made me realize that people did care . |
| 10 | → We receive quite a few letters from people who have suffered from the indifferent attitude which seems to prevail in many music shops . |
| 11 | Except for a few letters from Helen to Jane Aldis , there is nothing until January 1897 . |
| 12 | They pinch most of what they say from the student press in America and throw in a few tags from Colonel Ojukwu . |
| 13 | I did , however , aim at gathering a few hints from Italy , such as the pillar-mullion , the use of differently coloured materials , and of inlaying . |
| 14 | Pablo Escobar , the leader of the Medellín drug cartel , escaped from La Catedral prison in Envigado , a few kilometres from Medellín , on July 22 as an attempt was made to transfer him to an army barracks . |
| 15 | These include Buckle Island , just off the Antarctic coast , and Mts Erebus and Terror , only a few kilometres from Scott 's original base camp , from which he set out on his last heroic journey . |
| 16 | In the hamlet of Bailly , a few kilometres from Chablis but outside that appellation , caves that were quarried to provide stone to build the Panthéon in Paris now make impeccable cellars for maturing sparkling wine . |
| 17 | And there had been a few lines from Ellen , proving that Oreste so far from being carried to heaven by an angel was firmly rooted in East Retford and had grown another two inches . |
| 18 | felt too tired to drive me on to ESF 's house , so I got there by bus , or rather by two buses ( an easy change ) , the first starting from about a hundred yards from and the other stopping just behind the Zoo by Primrose Hill and only a few minutes from Eduardo . |
| 19 | Family run hotel , located a few minutes from seafront , close to all amenities . |
| 20 | Anyhow , he got a few horses from Besthorpe Hall , and one or two of the little farms ; and he jogged along until the time came when Mr Flowerdew came into Diss on a market day , and he saw my grandfather . |
| 21 | At the time , he was sharing a house with two friends , writer-to-be Don Devlin and producer-in-waiting Harry Gittes on Fountain Avenue , a few streets from Sunset Boulevard . |
| 22 | We envisage that the path would be mainly used for recreational cycling at weekends and by touring cyclists during the season , but it is also possible that a few commuters from Kirkliston would use it during the week . |
| 23 | We envisage that the path would be mainly used for recreational cycling at weekends and by touring cyclists during the season , but it is also possible that a few commuters from Kirkliston would use it during the week . |
| 24 | A few sentences from chapter III , headed ‘ Realities in Indian Prisons ’ , will give the flavour of the report : |
| 25 | Dismayed at the pain he had inflicted and at the pain he himself felt in consequence , Richard rushed forward , then stopped a few feet from Victoria twisting from side to side in frustration , wondering how he could stop her crying . |
| 26 | Half way to the door I swivelled and , as if simply following the script of this particular hangover , strolled back to the table and came to a halt with my hands in my pockets a few feet from Davis 's chair . |
| 27 | The other humans said something , and the box was cautiously put down on the gravel a few feet from Masklin . |
| 28 | A few words from Leeson 's letter drifted into his mind — a girl 's clothes left at the studio — what girl ? |
| 29 | On the teletext today it had a few words from Fergie saying that he reckoned that the no. of points they need to win the league is 84 . |
| 30 | At the same time they might even pick up a few tips from Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram instead of trying to put them down . |