Example sentences of "than a few [noun pl] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Books can be sold on their jackets to impulse buyers who may well not read more than a few pages once they have bought them . |
| 2 | Denmark , the country that likes to say no , ruffled more than a few egos when they said yes to becoming European Championship substitutes and drew with England in their opening game before going on to win the trophy . |
| 3 | She had not moved more than a few inches when one of the men broke free , his fist smashing downwards . |
| 4 | It is a long list , but the SPSSX stepwise procedure seldom selected more than a few predictors as having a significant influence upon perceptions . |
| 5 | It does n't seem more than a few months since I was knitting clothes for her dolls — and now — ’ She held up her needles , speared through the left front of a pearly-white matinée jacket . |
| 6 | My sons ’ dragons are incapable of flying more than a few miles before they fade . ’ |
| 7 | Although recorded annually there is no regular winter population , and birds rarely remain for more than a few days except in severe winters , when considerable influxes occur . |
| 8 | No amount of persuasion would induce her to stay with us for more than a few days before she 'd vanish again to pursue her old habits , and on New Year 's Day 1967 , the police called for the last time . |