Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] few words " in BNC.
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| 1 | We stop the jeep for a few words with the Marines , some I recognise from a few weeks ago when they were on their way to take up positions on the coast , on the left of 1st Commando Brigade . |
| 2 | He admitted the murder in the few words he spoke to the people . |
| 3 | Frequently the plan of a few words may be the first thing that comes into a student 's head or more ominously the only thing in the student 's head ! |
| 4 | ‘ If you had to sum up our philosophy in a few words , it would be : ‘ Do as you would be done by ’ , ’ says Margaret . |
| 5 | The Chairman opened a well-attended meeting with a few words about the gratifying growth and vigour shown by the Society in its first year . |
| 6 | A saying that conveys much meaning in a few words ; short poem ending in a witty turn of thought . |
| 7 | In which there 'd be a picture and a description with a few words . |
| 8 | in Director of Public Prosecutions v. Byrne [ 1991 ] R.T.R. 119 , 125 , all based , as it seems to me , on a misreading of a few words in an earlier judgment as enunciating a proposition which simply can not stand with the statutory language . |
| 9 | It 's as hard to do justice to the beauty of the Eternal City in a few words as it is to see everything in a few days . |
| 10 | ‘ The pretense that the constant repetition of a few words constitutes a story becomes an insult to the child 's intelligence ’ ( ibid , p.221 ) . |
| 11 | With the font world in a state of turmoil following the Apple/Microsoft deal it 's time for a few words about maintaining standards . |