Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [prep] a few " in BNC.

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1 Throughout the Harlem Renaissance of the twenties and through to the forties it was sustained by a few ambitious but poorly funded independent companies whose efforts received limited exposure .
2 If only he could come across a barn in which he could seek refuge from the full force of the gale … but visibility was limited to a few strides .
3 But today , the flooding was limited to a few rural spots where roads were closed and even the main railway line between Swindon and Bristol was under water .
4 The portrait was painted in a few hours without Modigliani stopping for a single minute . ’
5 ‘ It was the same when he got that job on a building site and was sacked after a few days , although they said there was nothing wrong with his work .
6 However luck was not with us for , as a reward for jumping in the intervals of appalling freezing fog , he got flu as a Christmas present and was delayed for a few days in hospital at Ringway .
7 Suspecting a mild heart attack , his doctor had him admitted to hospital but tests were negative and he was discharged after a few days .
8 However , until quite recently , the possibility of making recordings in Britain was dominated by a few large companies involved in manufacturing and distributing records as well as originating them .
9 This had no very radical consequences : it was dropped after a few years , Diodorus says ( xi.87 ) , because too many of the prominent citizens were thereby discouraged from engaging in political life .
10 In July 1980 , AMES staged its first public demonstration , when the El Calvario church was occupied for a few hours to demand a reduction in the price of basic food stuffs .
11 And , indeed , when Indian ink was daubed on a few minnows , which were then put among a school , the painted minnows were disproportionately taken by predators .
12 Voluntary schools were given the choice of becoming ‘ aided ’ or ‘ controlled ’ schools and provision was made for a few ‘ special agreement ’ schools ( see Chapter 6 ) .
13 Some progress was made upon a few , particularly the reduction of major epidemics of malaria , cholera , smallpox and yellow-fever .
14 The collection from the nest was made within a few days of the fledglings leaving the nest , and the broken up and trampled remains of pellets and bones from the nest can be mostly attributed to the regurgitated pellets of the fledglings .
15 It was used for a few emergency landings by Royal Air Force planes during the recent Falklands War .
16 A diary based development and reporting approach was used in a few cases where close contact with the project team was feasible .
17 She was bought by a few enterprising Port Ellen gentlemen for £22/23 .
18 One afternoon at the beginning of July , when the pub was closed for a few hours , she suggested they might take little Lil out for an airing .
19 She was invited to a few parties , kissed good-night outside her door in South Kensington , taken out to lunch by a young man training to be a chartered accountant , and to an Italian film by another who was ‘ in the City ’ ; she was beginning to forget about Rupert when one evening towards the end of January she was later than usual leaving Toogood and Shelve , the publishers , where she worked as secretary to Mr Shelve .
20 After she had gone Paul made himself known to Dr Heatherton , to whom he had not previously addressed himself ; was rewarded by a few courteous words and good wishes for his progress ; and then went home .
21 The pale , polished maplewood floor was strewn with a few vibrant kelim rugs .
22 A political truce was called within a few days of the outbreak of war ; a pact to end contested by-elections was first signed on 6 August , and a joint recruiting drive began before the end of the month .
23 Its herdbook was formed in 1892 and there was a breed society from 1920 to 1938 but it was reconstructed from a few remaining individuals , with the result that there was considerable inbreeding and a particularly popular bull , widely used for his whiteness , was later found to have spread a serious genetic defect ( hypoplasia ) correlated to the degree of whiteness .
24 In the same year 20 per cent of the population was concentrated in a few metropolitan areas each with a population of over half a million .
25 One belonged to the one-toothed Ladjang , and was shared amongst a few fastidious members of the crew ; the other was Tandri 's , to be used by no one , not even himself .
26 Finch was one of the most famous cellists in Europe , and Henry was known to a few as his accompanist .
27 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 .
28 The lion 's share of all foreign exchange dealing was restricted to a few New York banks , who refused to deal with many smaller banks and with most French and Italian ones .
29 Perfusion was excellent and peristalsis was observed within a few minutes .
30 This stage was followed by the introduction of individual ownership and this was followed by a few people gradually monopolizing the ownership of the means of production .
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