Example sentences of "a few [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Finch was one of the most famous cellists in Europe , and Henry was known to a few as his accompanist . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They were two of the biggest lunatics he had ever met , and he had met a few in his time . |
| 6 | 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 . |