Example sentences of "by a few [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortified by a few bottles of champagne , he told a disbelieving audience that his main love in life was ‘ screwing ’ . |
| 2 | Mr. Gilpin said ‘ picturesque ideas are all cloathed in bodily forms and may often be explained better by a few strokes of the pencil than by a volume of the most laboured description . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I dare say , but I 'd far rather be playing snooker with a few of the boys , accompanied by a few pints of beer — preferably Devil 's Dram . |
| 4 | A quick walk down Coronation Street was followed by a few pints of Newton and Ridley Ale before we departed . |
| 5 | This was followed by a few minutes of silence . |
| 6 | It is true that the quality of most waters runs in cycles ; a few years of mediocre fish followed by a few years of quality fish . |
| 7 | ( There is another argument , nowadays timidly advanced only by a few academics of the old hair-shirt tendency , that the white man has fixed the game , making it almost impossible for the others to get in . ) |
| 8 | There , bordered by a few glimpses of tentacle , was a huge , whorled , calloused , potion-stained and unfocused thumb . |