Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Our takings went up by a few shillings each week and pretty soon we had to expand and move the kitchens upstairs , where Malc 's Mom made our famous home-made pies ' . |
| 32 | We must try a few passes some time . ’ |
| 33 | We have a few problems this year . |
| 34 | The working-class boy who passes the eleven-plus is likely to come from an elementary or primary , school from which only a few pupils each year penetrate the grammar-school world . |
| 35 | Of these , in West Malaysia , two species roost singly in trees and ny short distances to feed upon trees which produce a few flowers all year round , and the third , Eonycteris spelaea , roosts , in large colonies in caves and can ny up to at least 35km from them to feed and take food from a wide range of flowers scattered in space and time . |
| 36 | For those bogwarts who 're still stuck , I 've thrown in a few tips this month . |
| 37 | There was a long silence , apart from the creaking of Mr Nightingale 's chair as he swung a few degrees either way , frowning down at his desk top . |
| 38 | If I had not intervened on these pages to explain a few points this book ( or its opening section ) would be a gun aimed at my own temple . |
| 39 | And I did so want to dig up a few artichokes this evening . |
| 40 | The Supreme Soviet usually met for two sessions of a few days each year . |
| 41 | Within a few days each hole is teeming with worms , with a large proportion being on the pebble . |
| 42 | It 's been going on a few days this game . |
| 43 | ‘ We have only observed a few patches this week , ’ Fakhro said , ‘ most of it is still in the war zone ’ . |
| 44 | Within a few years that mill housed a gig mill , four fulling stocks , as well as picking , shearing and press shops . |
| 45 | However , one the " dose and move " system has operated for a few years this problem is unlikely to arise . |
| 46 | After a few years this scheme was pronounced a failure . |
| 47 | However , complete accuracy is not important , as a few years either way make little difference to its value or collectability ; placing it in the right quarter of the appropriate century will nearly always suffice . |
| 48 | They will also be able to supply you with a list of suitable short-term homes for the elderly in your area , to which your parent might consider going for a few weeks each year in order that you may have a holiday , if there is no other member of the family who could take over your responsibilities in your absence . |
| 49 | If none of these ideas is possible , would she be willing to spend a few weeks each year in a home for the elderly or , if she is infirm , in a nursing home or a local National Health Service hospital ? |
| 50 | Recorders and Assistant Recorders are senior barristers or solicitors who sit as judges a few weeks each year . |
| 51 | Recorders ( of whom there are over seven hundred , plus some five hundred Assistant Recorders ) are practising barristers or solicitors who are required to sit for a few weeks each year . |
| 52 | Though water is solid for much of the year , the annual thaw in spring and summer provides a wide range of aquatic habitats that support biological activity , and may even allow high productivity for a few weeks each year . |
| 53 | For a few weeks each autumn , conkers was the game in vogue . |
| 54 | At the same time he supposedly played really well in these matches and got an offer from Juve to stay with them for a few weeks this winter . |
| 55 | Given a few ideas either way on what a girl should do , I think family and friends should support her on her own decision . |
| 56 | Yes , I think we defended quite well , obviously Ken erm is going to have a few saves each game anyway which I thought he done very well today . |
| 57 | After a few seconds all movement ceased and silence returned to the glade . |
| 58 | Nevertheless , the rug market can be extremely volatile , and a few months either way can make a significant difference to prices . |
| 59 | If so , it suggests that liberal policies will be implemented in Peru at least for a few months this year , whatever the general public thinks . |
| 60 | The government however continued with just one vice-president and within a few months this post was held by Daniel Arap Moi , a non-Kikuyu who , despite being a member of the Legislative Council , had not been prominent in nationalist politics . |