Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a deep rumbling and a few wisps of smoke were produced by the yacht , he turned back to the Doctor . |
| 2 | Few strategies of resistance were unknown . |
| 3 | My few meetings with Basil were all at Woolley Hall . |
| 4 | The Cambridge Board also had its own resident tutor in the county even thus few opportunities for development were missed in the county even though thy LEAs support was limited to specific grant-aid for classes and courses provided by the district and the Cambridge Board . |
| 5 | A few fragments of carrot were still lying about near the spring , but he had left these untouched and was eating the grass not far from the gnarled crabapple tree . |
| 6 | I had long found that keeping my own little area and few belongings in order was a vital way of keeping a hold of myself , keeping my mind and spirits in order . |
| 7 | Few sighs of relief were heard , especially as the Swedes , plagued once more by submarines prowling round their defences , said they would sink intruders . |
| 8 | When his few days at Culbone were over , Coleridge descended again into the prosaic lowland world , and by 14 October was home at Lime Street , gloomy and impoverished . |
| 9 | The first few days in Bavant were fairly quiet as far as the enemy activity was concerned , with a few mortar bombs coming over from time to time . |
| 10 | The next few days in Manhattan were wonderful — the theatres , the gardens , the music , the restaurants , the night life , the beautiful girls . |
| 11 | The next few days in Manhattan were wonderful . |
| 12 | Indeed , until the ecumenical era of the 1960s , few catholics in Ireland were prepared to put before themselves some of the political religious issues which would have to be resolved if a united Ireland or accommodation to a separate political entity in Ulster were to become a possibility . |
| 13 | A few figures in battle-dress were walking round the perimeter . |
| 14 | A few drops of rain were falling from the overheated sky . |
| 15 | Even the , what few bits of lorries were on the road , they had a special mask on with er a shield over the top , so that the light was n't visible up above . |
| 16 | A few spots of blood were found near the telephone , Mr Palmer said . |
| 17 | A few rows down Dolly was hard at work . |
| 18 | A bone needle , some animal bones and a few sherds of pottery were found here . |
| 19 | A few sections of rail were lying on the bottom , several more were scattered on the ground and one was propped against the end of the trailer as if whoever had been in the act of loading or unloading had abandoned it in a hurry . |
| 20 | Early in the programme a few specimens of achondrites were found in both the Allan Hills and Yamato ice fields . |
| 21 | Fundholding was initially limited to practices with list sizes of at least 11 000 patients , which meant that few practices in Scotland were eligible . |
| 22 | The last few miles to Ealing were covered in a jerking crawl which took more than an hour , and daylight was breaking down into darkness as Alison gave directions through the maze of streets and parked cars away from the main shopping area . |
| 23 | A few panes of glass were broken during that time , but by accident rather than deliberate action . |