Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] but [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some parts of the country the extra charge amounts to just a few pounds but the average figure in County Durham and Cleveland is £20 . |
| 2 | He struggled through a few games but a swollen knee indicated his problems were not over . |
| 3 | She took the lift up to the sixth floor and came to the room one O nine , which was her room , as she entered she noticed cobwebs and dampness on the walls , she flung her bed , bags on the bed and went downstairs to supper , after her supper she went to report , she went to the reception desk to report the cobwebs and dampness , she rang the bell a few times but no one answered , she was just about to go back to her room when she heard Mr Sandy the receptionist in the back room talking to her assistant , I put the body in Miss Hall 's wardrobe , Jane ran upstairs and sure enough there was a body , Jane rang the police then straight away , please could you come to the Riverside Hotel , there 's something I think you should see , there was a knock at the door and Mr Sandy answered it , hello , oh hello we 've just had phone call from here , are you sure this is the right hotel ? |
| 4 | it 's been uppermost in my mind a few times but the I daresay I would n't go to prison the first time . |
| 5 | There were still a few stars but the moon was down , and there was a faint grey glow to rimward . |
| 6 | Patients have a sore throat for a few days but no other side effects . |
| 7 | The acute depression lasted for a few months but the wounds healed enough for Gedge to build up a friendship with Duane , whose latent qualities he later recognised . |
| 8 | Four years and two months ago or a few months but the gas man sort of found it dangerous . |