Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beetles , wasps , squirrels etc feed upon the leaves and acorns of the oak ; but a tree that weighs 100 tonnes may produce only a few tonnes of such provender each year . |
| 2 | All the beauty that ought to be but rarely is , all the promises of perfection are caught in a few moments of that iridescent light . |
| 3 | When she is doing anything with children , she always squats down to their level , touches them and listens to them , and the response she gets in just a few moments with each is quite extraordinary . |
| 4 | Dwell for a few moments on these words of Paul , and when you have a moment of quiet use the prayer that follows , either in your own words or as it stands , as a way of bringing to God your thoughts and feelings both on what you have discovered through these pages , and any particular concerns you may have at this present moment . |
| 5 | I just stood and stared for a few moments amid all the activity that was going on around the wounded Lovat . |
| 6 | We stand for a few moments in each other 's arms , and I ask what we should do this evening . |
| 7 | Do you consider that the inspector is right to assess emoluments on the director , and if so is it correct to charge emoluments for the whole year when the director only uses the property for a few weekends in each year ? |
| 8 | There 'll still be a few showers around this evening , but they 'll die out later . |
| 9 | You may live within a few metres of many if not most of the plant and animal species ever recorded in Britain , and perhaps a few that are new to science . |
| 10 | Azerbaijan has about a third of the world population of mud volcanoes , which range in size from a few metres to several kilometres across the base . |
| 11 | Er , we 're getting quite a few calls on that subject now , John from Erith , good morning to you John . |
| 12 | She spun a few yarns on that count , as well . ’ |
| 13 | Some have done better than others , but there 's just the physical reality of how long it takes the lower two strings to speak — it 's going to take a few milliseconds for that to happen . |
| 14 | Already the first squadrons of sepoy cavalry were swooping over the abandoned ramparts and racing for the Cutcherry to kick away just a few inches of that thin trickle of grey powder before it burnt its way home . |
| 15 | Cranston smiled and leaned closer , his face a few inches from that of the apothecary . |
| 16 | The son of Caerleon is a progressive type , apparently certain to come of a few pounds for that introduction , and should be good enough to take the Queen 's Own Yorkshire Dragoons Stakes . |
| 17 | Needless to say , there are a few surprises in these performances : the Academy 's playing is a polished as ever , Marriner 's conducting urbane and refined . |
| 18 | The man threatened a cashier with a handgun in the raids which happened within a few hours of each other . |
| 19 | In contrast , among prolonged breeders , amplexus lasts a few hours at most . |
| 20 | His visit lasted for a few hours at most — taking into account the time spent asleep — and the only really detailed description he gave was of the accommodation in which he slept in General Gowon 's home . |
| 21 | We 're well worth spending a few hours over this , I think . |
| 22 | just , just a few hours like that |
| 23 | After a few hours in this the home of Johannes Gutenberg ( he invented the printing press ) , the cruise heads upstream to Speyer for 8.00pm arrival . |
| 24 | And we had erm we , there was a few changes during that time , we used to get troops coming in and occupying the classroom , and we maybe , at the very early days I can remember having to go to the Street School and also the Street Hall which belong that was a church hall . |
| 25 | I get a few letters of this sort from people who think the advert for the B.A.E.C. in your classified section , which says it ‘ exists to help electronics enthusiasts ’ , is a general invitation to all and sundry to send their problems to me . |
| 26 | You have Cards 1 , 2 and 3 to start with and quite a few variations on those cards are possible , from arranging different numbers of zig-zag changes between the holes to trying out different yarns and stripes . |
| 27 | I 've , I 'd got a few stares from some of the women there , I mean , there are some women there that are huge , and maybe they looked at me and thought oh I hope I can wear leggings like that one day , I mean I do n't think I look too bad in the leggings , I mean I would never have done it when I used to go to Weightwatchers when I was thirteen and a half stone , I would never of gone in leggings , no way , but it does n't |
| 28 | Golden-leaved marjoram , yellow-variegated lemon balm , white-variegated pineapple mint , purple-leaved sage , blue rue , the filmy leaves of bronze fennel , and the pink , purple and blue , leaf-like bracts of clary are a few herbs of this kind . |
| 29 | Apart from a few rings like those recovered from the megalithic passage-grave at Mané-er-Hroek in Brittany , the jade artefacts circulating in Neolithic Europe consisted entirely of flat celts with pointed butts . |
| 30 | Had I an opportunity I should have great pleasure in giving you a few hints on this subject which might not be useless . |