Example sentences of "with just a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The current , soon to retire , director of the Association , who came with me to meet him had been in London for a meeting of the environmental advisory group for and so he was having a taxi to Kings Cross which I jumped into too and got dropped off at Goodge Street , right outside the door of my next ( Industrial Editors ) meeting with just a few minutes to spare , so that went more smoothly than one might have ever dreamt or hoped for . |
| 2 | The couple , who met only seven months ago , first wed in a hush-hush civil ceremony in Los Angeles in April with just a few friends as witnesses . |
| 3 | She too should find suitable work , and start with just a few hours , perhaps one or two days a week , before building up towards full-time work if she wishes . |
| 4 | Even if you open your account with just a few pounds , you can immediately begin to enjoy the benefits of a good rate of interest . |
| 5 | Its clientele was almost entirely male , with just a few women — secretaries being bought a drink by their bosses , presumably . |
| 6 | With just a few bits of metal and lots of imagination , Meccano addicts can build anything from a replica of Blackpool Tower to a Lancaster bomber . |
| 7 | ‘ Where will our exporters be if one day the foreign shipowners find it cheaper only to call in Rotterdam with just a few feeder services to this country ? ’ |
| 8 | Going along as a small independent with just a few programmes to your name does render you relatively powerless . |
| 9 | The situation was quiet , with just a few soldiers in the street , for the next few days . |
| 10 | Second , if the Liberals and Social Democrats had been able to squeeze a few more votes from Labour supporters , then it could well have been the Labour Party that finished up with just a few seats in parliament out of all proportion to votes cast . |
| 11 | A correlator 's input consists of examples with just a few features which can be quite elaborate . |
| 12 | The wedding started with a simple service in City Hall with just a few witnesses , but once the hotel heard that Brenda and Pete wished to get married on the beach , they were swept off their feet . |
| 13 | But tomorrow , with just a few words , the Chancellor could deal the company a body blow . |
| 14 | But it might be as well for those of you with just a few years to go before you have to repay your loan to check with your insurance company that there 's going to be enough in the kitty to repay it . |
| 15 | WADING THROUGH mud or swimming through a cold ravine with just a few oatcakes and nuts to keep you going is not very one 's cup of tea , but for six Risley lads it was fun . |
| 16 | On 29 September 1955 , with just a few days of filming to go , Dean turned up at a gay party at Malibu which culminated in a bitchy foray between Dean and a former male lover who accused him of dating women purely for publicity . |
| 17 | Sometimes , a tree may be all female , at other times , mostly male with just a few branches carrying fruits from female flowers , and at other times again , the flowers will have both male and female organs , as is the case in most other flowering plants . |
| 18 | But do not judge the size of a shoal by the number of fish you see rolling , for it could be a big shoal with just a few fish rolling , or a small shoal with all the fish rolling . |
| 19 | We will try to illustrate these possibilities with just a few examples , though it is naturally impossible to cover the subject adequately in a short space . |