Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [coord] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they had gone and the noise of the engines had faded away , all would be quiet for a few hours and most people on night duty could relax — but not the Met Office , of course . |
| 2 | Their flights may take a few hours or many days . |
| 3 | You can hardly believe that a few stretchsuits and some nappies can possibly cost as much as they say , but nine months and a lot of shopping trips later , you will have been forced to accept that your new addition has managed to tip the scales severely in the debit direction . |
| 4 | ‘ Just think , ’ he told her , ‘ you could treat yourself to a trip down Bond Street and splurge on a few trinkets and some new clothes for your wardrobe . ’ |
| 5 | And erm Maisy and Freda say that they would still like a few bottles and that for the stall please . |
| 6 | I do n't mind if he reads for a few minutes but that 's it . |
| 7 | With a few whacks and some loud whistles , they drive the donkeys out of the enclosure . |
| 8 | The fish have bred a few times but each time the fry have died . |
| 9 | ‘ Dylan as an actor and as an explosive performing force was a dangerous rival for other actors , as I know , for I worked with him a few times or several , and once for instance a director [ Douglas Cleverdon ] said to him — we were rehearsing a radio play at the time — Dylan , will you take the words ‘ Mam ! |
| 10 | Ah she does , aye , aye no , and she says you know , answer a few questions and all that , would I like to take part in a sur survey of how the English language is getting used ? |
| 11 | There were only a few dresses but these were elaborate , expensive and curiously old-fashioned compared to the heap of jeans and dungarees piled up on the floor of the wardrobe . |
| 12 | He had a little shop not much , you know just a few things and such like , in those days . |
| 13 | Nurse-maids with their children were a common sight but as yet there were a few hotels and most visitors took ‘ rooms ’ with the local inhabitants who cooked the food which their guests bought at local shops . |
| 14 | There was a little park — well , a few trees and some grass strewn with litter . |
| 15 | Whilst the daisies look fine as they are , they will look quite stunning with the addition of a few butterflies and these are great fun to create . |
| 16 | Out of this maelstrom we can select only a few thinkers and those ideas which stand out in retrospect as marking out the major developments and as setting the scene for more recent times . |
| 17 | They found an old temple , just a few stones and some old bones — that 's where I think the skull came from , d' you remember I told you ? |
| 18 | ‘ So I bought a few chisels and some wood and had a go . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll change a few names but that 's about it . |
| 20 | birthday and I 'd been out , had a few drinks and that . |
| 21 | We had a few drinks and all thought he seemed a bit of a laugh so we asked him to come back to the shop with us and have a bit of a sing . |
| 22 | ‘ Not right now , ’ I said , looking around the crowd , acknowledging a few waves and some distant mouthings that were probably shouts . |
| 23 | The England midfielder added : ‘ I 've only been with Leeds for a few days but that 's long enough to know I 've made the right decision coming here . ’ |
| 24 | Some of the males were injected with morphine for a few days and some were given other drugs . |
| 25 | To the people from the people who 've gone home ob we hope this 'll only be for a few days and some have gone er to other homes just for the time being . |
| 26 | ‘ I have played the organ at quite a few weddings but this is one that stood out . |
| 27 | ‘ I have played the organ at quite a few weddings but this is one that stood out . |
| 28 | Some make preliminary enquiries then wait a few years but many feel it is so desperately important to know where they came from and who they belonged to that they go ahead . |
| 29 | It matters not ; within a few years and many fast and furious films later , he was being heralded not as the king of exploitation but as something of a genius , to which description he again did not object . |
| 30 | In the early fifties after the war the Home Guard was reformed for a few years and some of us , having been demobbed from the forces rejoined , but somehow the spirit of the " Dads ' Army " had gone and one felt the enthusiasm was not there . |