Example sentences of "the [noun sg] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I saw the board a few weeks ago , when I — ‘ |
| 2 | Gloria had taken Dot to the cinema a few times . |
| 3 | No , I mean , last time I went out would be erm well I 've been out in the afternoon a few times , with my boyfriend , but , the last time I went out in the evening |
| 4 | THE national championships begin in Newcastle today with Martine Le Moignan , the world champion , and Del Harris , the England No.1 , defending their British titles in far less confident mood than would have been the case a few months ago . |
| 5 | IBM will , of course , supply OS/2 with its machines , but its market share has fallen rapidly with the advent of low-cost clones , so the number of users out there may not be as high as might have been the case a few years ago . |
| 6 | The Economist a few years ago conceded that the new system had some merits , but carried with it some important disadvantages ; on the positive side The nomination process is certainly very costly , yet trying to engage the attention of a mass electorate scattered across a huge and diverse country is bound to be expensive . |
| 7 | Among the later additions came a namesake , James Hall , who had started off the war as a private in Kitchener 's ‘ First Hundred Thousand ’ It was in the Lafayette that Hall , a flyer with almost superhuman luck ( he once came down intact with an unexploded AA shell sticking out of his engine ) , founded the literary partnership with another pilot , Charles Nordhoff , that was to produce ‘ Mutiny on the Bounty ’ Joining the Squadron a few days after its inception was Raoul Lufbery , who , like Bert Hall , had also been a professional flyer before the war . |
| 8 | Looking back on the decision a few years later , he interpreted it in these terms : " What I wanted was some counterweight to my changeable and restless inclinations , a science that could be pursued with cool impartiality , with cold logic , with regular work , without its results touching me at all deeply . " |
| 9 | He called on me at the apartment a few hours before I left for the airport . |
| 10 | Her friend 's well-known bluntness had been to the fore a few days ago , when she 'd discovered Laura sobbing quietly in her bedroom . |
| 11 | Norway and Sweden announced on Aug. 6 that they would not contribute to an appeal for assistance to relieve the effects of the drought , in protest at the purchase a few days before the launch of the appeal of a US$29,000,000 presidential aircraft . |
| 12 | I know you can , I have been ice skating on er the rink a few years now |
| 13 | Before they could reach him , however , he was borne aloft like a javelin and carried to the quayside a few yards away where he was dumped unceremoniously into the murky waters to a great cheer from those who were close enough to witness the event . |
| 14 | It showed again on a second test-firing on 25 January and was finally traced to the manifold a few days later . |
| 15 | She completed the course a few pounds heavier and clutching a diploma for her efforts . |
| 16 | He went on the course a few weeks later , two days in a hotel conference room which smelt of stale cigar smoke and small successes . |
| 17 | At the beginning of the year he signed for the Oxford Products Ducati team but the link-up never quite worked out and Robert ended the association a few weeks ago . |
| 18 | The other humans said something , and the box was cautiously put down on the gravel a few feet from Masklin . |
| 19 | rachel says she learnt to ski with Chantelle at Gloucester five years ago … she has been out to the snow a few times this season and to be good you have to be able to get out there but this slope is good … and almost like the real thing |
| 20 | If he had taken her here on the couch a few minutes ago , as he had so nearly done , their abandonment to passion then would have been a mutual — equal — thing , but now he was back to being the dominant partner in what remained of their relationship , controlling it and her . |
| 21 | Mrs Robson had contacted the Echo a few weeks ago to say that her brother 's cast-iron bath was 40 years old and had not been used for 12 years . |
| 22 | Mrs Robson had contacted the Echo a few weeks ago to say that her brother 's cast-iron bath was 40 years old and had not been used for 12 years . |
| 23 | no fuss and I said ooh , I said I forgot about her being forty , I bought the card a few weeks ago |
| 24 | Yet even though he got the chance to fight Mr Bush , he would not now be heading for the White House if it had not been for the disaster which hit the President a few days after that TV interview . |
| 25 | Lewis had backed the car a few feet down the ramp and was about to turn towards the Cherwell Arms when he heard his master 's voice — a single hissed and incredulous blasphemy : |
| 26 | I parked the car a few doors away from the Newton house , which looked neat enough behind a freshly painted fence , and ran the gauntlet of half a dozen youngsters who were all offering to mind my car . |
| 27 | Early in the programme a few specimens of achondrites were found in both the Allan Hills and Yamato ice fields . |
| 28 | Forcing herself to keep her actions smooth and steady , she tightened the sail again and turned the wheel a few degrees the other way . |
| 29 | Balanced lightly on the balls of her feet , Polly turned the wheel a few degrees as Seawitch heeled over . |
| 30 | He ordered a cup of tea and a bacon sandwich in the cafe a few doors down and sank his weary limbs down to wait , revelling in his first cigarette of the day . |