Example sentences of "a few [prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards some of the people concerned , their family doctor , the solicitor , a few of her mother 's friends , came back and there was a curious tea party with sandwiches and home-made fruitcake . |
| 2 | To buy back a few of her father 's paintings she would be glad to sell the house and move into a rented flat . |
| 3 | We asked the Tony & Guy team to share a few of their style secrets with us . |
| 4 | Privately , some in Hollywood admit that a few of their number — Mr Thomason and his wife among them — are asking for it . |
| 5 | He raised a point , which had never occurred to me , like not a few of his aperçus , that , in the case of radio broadcasts , it was a mistake invariably to employ German refugees or perfect German speakers to warn the German public of the evils of Nazism . |
| 6 | Quite a few of his country clients had been late for their appointments , or had failed to turn up at all , and the story was always the same : British troops had boarded the train as passengers so the driver or the fireman or the guard or ticket-collector — sometimes all four — refused to work and the train never moved . |
| 7 | ‘ We have had a few of our delivery men have missed the time by just two or three minutes but as people get used to it things should improve , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 8 | I 've got ta get a few for my girl girlfriends , but I mean just gon na get them a selection box and a chocolate sweets but er |
| 9 | Oh go on , let them open , I 'll have a few with my tea . |
| 10 | Finch was one of the most famous cellists in Europe , and Henry was known to a few as his accompanist . |
| 11 | Bobby had long ago learned the working man 's love of facts as opposed to theories and he always made sure to have a few up his sleeve before he spoke at a union meeting . |
| 12 | Weathered clay barley-sugar edgings finish off a path or flowerbed with a crisply period touch , but aside from shoving a few in your handbag next time you visit Mount Stewart , they tend to be hard to find . |
| 13 | They were two of the biggest lunatics he had ever met , and he had met a few in his time . |
| 14 | He tries to obtain fresh herbs where possible , and grows a few in his garden as a standby , although dried herbs do work if the fresh variety is not available . |