Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few lumps of stone ; a matching shepherd and shepherdess plucked from Arcady , an old and battered sundial and a leaded glass cloche . |
| 2 | But the assumption that all morality means sexual morality is too widespread to go down without a few squawks of protest . |
| 3 | Spike knew that he was within a few moments of termination . |
| 4 | This thought , too , caused him a few moments of depression before it was drowned by feelings of tranquil pleasure . |
| 5 | After a few moments of thought , a child replies , " We collect it from bees . " |
| 6 | ‘ No , all I 'm asking you for is a few moments of Master Lorimer 's time . |
| 7 | For Gloucester jockey Peter Scudamore a few moments of solitude and silence . |
| 8 | I had a few moments of fury , a fury compounded of shame at my own stupidity , the triteness of the situation , the thought of my cottage and supper and the cosy fireside . |
| 9 | Now and again there were diversions , when one or another of the remaining five would hold the stage and would have a few moments of limelight , or glory . |
| 10 | Trains had been laid on to despatch them to all parts of the country , so that for the rest of their lives they would be able to recall a few moments of honour , even glory . |
| 11 | So she 'd be able to have a few moments of peace and quiet in which to interview the woman . |
| 12 | Manville asked , after a few moments of silence . |
| 13 | After a few moments of silence there was a series of sharp raps on the door , and a voice called out , asking if anyone was inside . |
| 14 | After a few moments of silence he pressed the button of an integral cassette-player beneath the dashboard and she was delighted to hear the opening bars of Mendelssohn 's Third Symphony . |
| 15 | After a few moments of pandemonium , Shamir thanked the delegates for their show of confidence , declared the convention closed and walked out of the hall , followed by most of his Cabinet colleagues . |
| 16 | Significantly , there are a few areas of overlap , which will allow very effective dovetailing between our operations . |
| 17 | There were a few areas of life where he had not been involved — his interests ranged from Stockport Infirmary to the Territorial Army , Stockport Lads ' Club to the Boy Scouts , the Trustee Savings Bank to the NSPCC . |
| 18 | Many of the upland landscapes today are like patch-work quilts of forest and open moorland , with a few areas of upland bogs preserved for their rare , wild , moorland plants . |
| 19 | Surgical exploration confirmed pancreatitis with peritoneal petechiae and a few areas of cytosteatonecrosis . |
| 20 | I squirted a few jets of milk then something blocked the end . |
| 21 | In this day and age , 100MB is average , and people quite often discover that they 've got only a few kilobytes of space left , and usually at the most inopportune times . |
| 22 | Left : Give homemade cushions a sumptuous , exotic look , with a few metres of piping , cord or fringing |
| 23 | The timber lid is in two parts and could be easily made from a few lengths of timber stained or painted to match the surroundings . |
| 24 | Buy a few tankards of ale … or better still , buy yourself a place at the card table . ’ |
| 25 | They had stopped at an inn close to Minster Lovell to buy a grand meal and sup a few tankards of ale . |
| 26 | I have a few copies of quality magazines ; the girls are just gorgeous . |
| 27 | a few stems of escallonia |
| 28 | The tiniest corner can become a retreat from the day 's troubles , where a patch of raked sand — seen through the right eyes — is a rippled lake , or a few stems of bamboo a hillside thicket . |
| 29 | A few sections of rail were lying on the bottom , several more were scattered on the ground and one was propped against the end of the trailer as if whoever had been in the act of loading or unloading had abandoned it in a hurry . |
| 30 | In the 20th century , following two world wars , the great depression , a few instances of genocide , and the prospect of the total destruction of world civilisation , that is the logical conclusion of the 19th century views , existence and evolution are seen as cooperative ventures , a matter of peaceful progress , balance , reciprocity . |