Example sentences of "were [adv] a few [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such were only a few of the multitude of his accomplishments . |
| 2 | Over the years ‘ Mods and Rockers ’ , ‘ Hell 's Angels ’ , ‘ Skinheads ’ , ‘ Rude Boys ’ , ‘ Romantics ’ , ‘ Neo-Romantics ’ and ‘ Punks ’ were only a few of the pieces in an ever-changing cultural jig-saw . |
| 3 | These were only a few of the paradoxes of Baldwin 's life and character . |
| 4 | By now there were only a few of them left , grouped like maintenance vehicles around The Fat Controller 's wide-bodied jet of a home . |
| 5 | To follow , thick slices of Tortilla sandwiched between slices of bread spread with the juice of fresh tomatoes and olive oil , steaming hot pans of saffron yellow paella or ‘ trampo ’ a Majorcan salad of pepper , tomato and onion were just a few of the ‘ light ’ meals we dined on . |
| 6 | THEATRE : Bill Kenwright , Alan Bleasdale and John Doyle were just a few of the names who received rave reviews but here 's the top nominated trio . |
| 7 | There were quite a few of these old Fenian diehards around , still bitter after all those years about their humiliating defeat , still hating the Catholic Church for its condemnation of their movement . |
| 8 | There were quite a few of them back in the ‘ seventies . |