Example sentences of "a [adj] few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As it lowered its wings in threat posture , I took a last few shots before backing away , mindful of Valdemar 's account of the owl which left long , bloody furrows up the back of a photographer who pushed his luck too far ! |
| 32 | This meant Alice faced it — a bad few days with Jasper . |
| 33 | Untold billions have been poured into research and building working reactors in return for a relative few penn'orths of electricity . |
| 34 | Once upon a time school teachers who climbed might take a favoured few pupils to the crags in the Lagonda or Alvis . |