Example sentences of "few [noun] [prep] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a recent case , the police posed as ordinary civilians in order to trap a shop owner , licensed to sell liquor by the case only , into selling them a few cans of lager and a bottle of wine . |
| 2 | We were more used to being given a few cans of lager and that was it , ’ says Solowka . |
| 3 | Quite a few cans of Coke and things like that , quite a few cans for relieving yourself ! |
| 4 | Since formation in 1978 , ACAUS has sought reciprocity of accounting qualifications and have met with success in only a few states to date where foreign accountants are eligible to sit for the CPA examination ( examples include California and Illinois ) . |
| 5 | Hurdles of metal , split oak , or wattle are very useful for quick repairs to a hedge or wall or to fold a few sheep on rape or turnips ( although they are laborious for the latter . |
| 6 | The passageway here splits into two , one branch leading to the engine sump where a cage lies jammed for ever , the other leading to where a small spiral stairway runs up from a hole in the wall , over the tunnel , to the engine room which , apart from a few acts of vandalism and the ravages of time , is very much as it was on the day it was left . |
| 7 | 13.3.2 Few authorities on fraud and partiality |
| 8 | In a country where the media is state controlled and acts as a mouthpiece for the Party , putting up posters was one of the few forms of communication and free expression . |
| 9 | The moment of asking was one of their few times of agreement and understanding . |
| 10 | I 've pressed it a few times by accident and then needed it . |
| 11 | If the patient takes more medicine than they need then there will be over-reaction but I have had very few cases of over-reaction and always the state produced has calmed within a day . |
| 12 | We have provided an access fund to the institutions to enable them to deal with the few cases of hardship that genuinely occur . |
| 13 | There were a few minutes of silence as everyone concentrated on their food . |
| 14 | The Blessed Sacrament Chapel is in a small room just inside the Presbytery door and to it come over a hundred people who give an hour of their time a week to ‘ watch ’ but there are countless others who come in just for a minute or two and there find a few minutes of silence and prayer . |
| 15 | I 've nothing against these two teams , but to be deprived of the euphoric English faces after only a few minutes of joy and achievement was an insult . |
| 16 | If you want to stop at seventy three point six million erm pounds we 're quite happy to erm and I suggest Chairman if if we do n't get the the main er growth savings through at the next few minutes of voting that perhaps a rather longer lunch erm maybe there would be some . |
| 17 | Hibs showed a few signs of life when Tweed and Weir threatened on the counter-attack . |
| 18 | He sees few signs of complacency but a greater appreciation of hazards and a commitment to taking the right precautions , which he considers are the surest way of accelerating progress towards a safer future . |
| 19 | He will probably show a few signs of wear and tear , but as long as your vet recommends purchase he could be a good buy . |
| 20 | There were a few sticks of furniture and the floor was beaten earth , rather cold despite the summer . |
| 21 | Now , Roger , I beg you , let us go back to our chamber , warm ourselves , snatch a few hours of sleep and tomorrow , as we break fast in the hall , I shall confront the murderer . ’ |
| 22 | ( 193 ) In Bonn , the few hours of talk and the banquets with West German leaders were made to produce , by all accounts , the information he needed . |
| 23 | Cannons are dangerous if sometimes unpredictable weapons whose manufacture is limited to a few groups of human and Dwarf experts . |
| 24 | Although we are in a missionary situation very few plans for evangelism and church planting are being drawn up by British denominations . |
| 25 | Crowninshield walked a few paces in silence until he was standing under the palms which edged the lagoon . |
| 26 | Then , in the silence , Bigwig lurched to his feet , swayed a moment , tottered a few steps towards Fiver and fell again . |
| 27 | They have both been to school and like to speak their few words of English when their elders are not looking . ) |
| 28 | ‘ Chapman , who gave few words of praise and fewer of blame , inspired awe and respect , rather than fear . |
| 29 | Before concluding I would just like to put down a few words on permission and such like . |
| 30 | My hon. Friend the Minister for Public Transport may say a few words about funding if he feels that it is appropriate . |