Example sentences of "for [art] few [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the few people on low incomes who do have credit , paying it off tends to soak up more of their budget than for people with higher incomes . |
| 2 | Afterwards Martha provided ham and a salad with hard-boiled eggs like gleaming bald heads sticking out from limp lettuce leaves for the few people who turned up . |
| 3 | I , I will I 'll stick that in for a few grand . |
| 4 | She could cancel her newspapers and for a few pence from a local jumble sale acquire an old-fashioned cookery book , and a heavy stew pot . |
| 5 | It is a primeval wilderness tamed only where men built boundary walls two centuries ago , finding and cutting the stone they needed , feeding and sleeping on the site , and all for a few pence a day . |
| 6 | Also a photo of all the officers of Walsall that I saw in a second hand shop and I went and bought it for a few pence . |
| 7 | but in the twenties I was better at the pictures or somewhere like that , which you could get for a few pence , but you 're not walking about or doing tiring thing . |
| 8 | Two manuscripts , containing poems and the prose Centuries , were purchased by W. T. Brooke for a few pence from two London book-barrows in the winter of 1896–7 , and were identified as Traherne 's by Bertram Dobell [ q.v . ] . |
| 9 | If the Commission sells it cheaply — for a few pence a kilo , with free transport thrown in — it is criticised for recklessness with public money . |
| 10 | house you know for a few pence . |
| 11 | Bring to the boil and simmer for a few min . |
| 12 | If necessary , brown under a hot grill for a few min to crisp further before cutting into squares to serve . |
| 13 | Seaham area for a few codling in the harbour and from the Green Wall . |
| 14 | Langstone and Portsmouth harbours best bet for a few flounder , with Eastern Roadd , Porchester and the Oyster Beds top areas . |
| 15 | Wheel clamps are n't on the list yet , but it 's still worth asking for a few quid off your annual premium . |
| 16 | Surely you can tap the chairman for a few quid so we can buy someone half-decent . |
| 17 | ‘ So you can tap her up for a few quid petrol money , eh ? |
| 18 | That 's one of the occupational hazards of listening to people talking football — Docherty talking through his arse for a few quid . |
| 19 | Except for a few people in each country who tried to keep protest alive , everyone else shares responsibility . |
| 20 | The travellers say they 'll move on , but not for a few days.Ken Goodwin reports . |
| 21 | More often than not you have to work hard for a few fish . |