Example sentences of "a [adj] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Howk , an eerie limestone gorge reached by a pleasant few minutes ' walk from the southern corner of the village green , is the threadbare ruin of a bobbin mill . |
| 2 | She spent a pleasant few minutes thinking of her small business where she designed and made exclusive wedding gowns for a rapidly growing circle of customers , but Dana 's early-morning phone call refused to be dismissed . |
| 3 | And spokesman Trevor East admitted : ‘ It 's been a trying few days for us and we are very disappointed to miss out again . |
| 4 | To be accepted as member there really would cap a memorable few years . |
| 5 | She bought some postcards , and an illustrated book on the bastides of the Dordogne from the local newsagent , and spent a mouth-watering few moments coveting the strawberry , peach and raspberry tarts displayed in a pâtisserie window . |
| 6 | RITCHIE TAYLOR , a junior All Blacks centre , has helped to transform Bridgwater and Albion this season from strugglers to winners of a promotion and cup double . |
| 7 | The boys headed for the tea-table , not quite hurrying , with the two umpires strolling behind and a frigid few paces apart . |
| 8 | As long as there is a healthy collection of lactobacilli in the vagina , conditions will be unfavourable for other micro-organisms , and , although a few such organisms may be isolated , their presence does not signify any important infection . |
| 9 | The Dunbars have observed only a few such fights to completion but the outcome is quite remarkable . |
| 10 | There are indeed a few such verbs , keep being one of them . |
| 11 | We do still have a few such courses and they work quite well . |
| 12 | However , in dodder the production of a few such coils usually triggers the development of haustoria which eventually establish the supply lines with the host . |
| 13 | Harper 's own wife would need more than a few such compliments when he reached home , for she had been adamantly opposed to her husband travelling to Brussels . |
| 14 | He even suggested that a few such representatives from outside the government might be co-opted on to the State Council , the supreme bureaucratic body beneath the Tsar . |
| 15 | The mother who ‘ ca n't be so cruel ’ as to wake her sleeping baby if he happens to be asleep at the appointed feeding-time , fails to realize that a few such wakings would be all she would have to resort to … |
| 16 | Right , and that , that 's obviously a , an and if you look at it , it 's it 's got a few less squiggles than that one , but it 's a , it 's a version of . |
| 17 | That is over a million pounds right in that budget for committee administration and you ask me where we can save fifty thousand pounds , well start producing a few less reports . |
| 18 | We want a few less troublemakers |
| 19 | It does not seem so bad when you first approach the language , and you have grasped the not very difficult ( for Scots especially ) alphabet , although a few less words beginning ‘ vagly ’ would be welcome . |
| 20 | I negotiated my way to Piccadilly — those illuminations are a splendid sight — and after a few more adventures finally arrived at the Savoy . |
| 21 | She nibbled a few more flakes of meat and dropped the bone back on to her plate . |
| 22 | I know it is , it 's not exactly doing a lot for me either but er cos it gets raised every bloody management meeting but I think having discussed the matter we 've actually opened ourselves out a few more options than we probably thought we had |
| 23 | Lancing , who surprised themselves and everyone else by making their first appearance in the Halford Hewitt Cup final against the winners , Shrewsbury , last April , will raise a few more eyebrows if they do half as well this time . |
| 24 | A few more times and you 'd get it . |
| 25 | However , Sally did try sniffing a few more times ( fortunately , without coming to any harm ) but then decided it was n't for her , and instead started drinking alcohol with her friends . |
| 26 | She began to feel that if she did this a few more times she would get the hang of it . |
| 27 | I went along a few more times , but just sat there in silence . |
| 28 | The speaker scraped and clicked a few more times , but after half a minute of no reply the phone was rehooked . |
| 29 | Turkey Lurkie blew his beak loudly and sniffed a few more times . |
| 30 | He flicked the switch up and down a few more times . |