Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] but the " 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 | it 's been uppermost in my mind a few times but the I daresay I would n't go to prison the first time . |
| 3 | There were still a few stars but the moon was down , and there was a faint grey glow to rimward . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Four years and two months ago or a few months but the gas man sort of found it dangerous . |