Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heights do not usually exceed 12 metres but in a few instances heights of more than 20 metres have been involved . |
| 2 | " Aye , but he used to keep a few beasts years ago . |
| 3 | Laboriously tilled fields of corn became within a few hours torrents of mud , houses slipped down hillsides , church-towers were struck by lightning , sheep and cattle were carried away in swirling waters and dawn revealed their bloated corpses jammed against the piers of bridges that had themselves been partially destroyed by the weight and fury of the swollen waters . |
| 4 | In all but a few cases interviews were taped . |
| 5 | He told the Congress of People 's Deputies that , while he would make a few personnel changes in his Cabinet , he would not give up his position as Prime Minister until he was sure the reforms had become irreversible . |
| 6 | Pour into glasses , top each one with a whole fresh strawberry and serve with a few amaretti biscuits . |
| 7 | Okay we find quite a few clothes bits of leather , shoes , stuff like that , okay . |
| 8 | Also , a few leeds fans who noticed some rangers fans in the crowd , actually wished them good luck for the rest of the competition . |
| 9 | Hello folks , my boss has been away this morning so I 've been busy scanning a few leeds picies and saving them as gif files . |
| 10 | A few sports shirts and a sweater will do ; and they 'll probably not even have been unpacked when you get home . |
| 11 | And and the visits seem to be more popular , and often quite a few careers officers will put their names down for that . |
| 12 | Similar to Fitzgerald , I had retreated a few patients months to years after their initial management , but one third of patients still had symptoms of constipation 6.8 ( 2.8 ) years after initial evaluation . |
| 13 | Within a few years clubs appeared all over the country . |
| 14 | In a few years things may change , I ca n't promise that , but they may . |
| 15 | For a few years chimpanzees raised in human households learn as well as human infants of the same age , but they soon reach the limit of their ability and are rapidly overtaken by human youngsters . |
| 16 | But in just a few years computers have made many specialised tasks obsolete , enabling one person not only to do the work of many , but to do many different jobs at once . |
| 17 | Temporarily for a few years trains could use that Thameslink line . |
| 18 | Within a few years Raffles had realised his dream . |
| 19 | But in a few places conditions remain unaltered and they suit the original design to perfection . |
| 20 | With a few exceptions labourers and servants in Rutland were men whose assessments were below £2 , which in turn were virtually identical with subsidy assessments based on wages . |
| 21 | After a few weeks newspapers lifted their ban on match reports , and while the war was waged on the front page , the struggle for League points gathered pace on the back . |
| 22 | I have a few non-leeds mates who would be interested . |
| 23 | The Churchill Government inherited a highly efficient system of Cabinet and official committees , but with in a few months officials were complaining that the neat system consolidated by Clement Attlee was in disarray . |
| 24 | A few rams heads are visible decorating the tops of some of the countless columns in the building , but they seem more pastoral than sinister . |
| 25 | ‘ We have had a few men demonstrators and we would like to encourage more , ’ says Kath . |
| 26 | She has a few men friends at the moment : ‘ They 're all special ’ , she smiles . |
| 27 | There were a few Men dwellings standing out starkly in the snow but otherwise little sign of people . |
| 28 | And the rock stations of course there were various types of rocks such as Skerrymor and Bass Rock and Bell Rock and and er quite a few rocks stations . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ I 've done quite a few police jobs and appeared in front of the Royal Family . |