Example sentences of "few [noun] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for some reason , Tina had adopted him in her rough , kindly way , and for the last few months school life had been bearable . |
| 2 | Getting these filled was like a military operation , the grown-ups with large baskets of food , children clutching buckets and spades , bottles of lemonade and a few pence pocket money to buy ice cream and other seaside delights . |
| 3 | Over the next few decades community life-style in Britain is likely to become increasingly diverse . |
| 4 | Mr Knight anticipates that over the next few years manufacturing capacity will expand and business may be further developed via a joint venture . |
| 5 | The recent survey Trends in public library selection policies shows that about 20 % of public libraries do not even allocate to categories such as adult fiction , or children 's books , and very few record stock revision separately . |
| 6 | few drops vanilla essence |
| 7 | Few drops vanilla essence |
| 8 | Few drops vanilla essence |
| 9 | few drops vanilla essence |
| 10 | 25g/1oz dried mushrooms , preferably ceps 500ml/1pt/2½ cups boiling water 25g/1oz butter 2 × 15ml/tbsp olive oil 1,800g/4lb joint boned and rolled rib of beef 1 clove garlic , crushed few drops Tabasco sauce salt and freshly ground black pepper 125ml/5fl oz/⅔ cup double or thick cream 1 egg yolk |
| 11 | few drops Tabasco sauce |
| 12 | Few drops almond essence |
| 13 | ‘ So you can tap her up for a few quid petrol money , eh ? |
| 14 | The few people I treasure were in touch and I told them exactly what was wrong . |
| 15 | The mine , owned by Carnon Consolidated , a subsidiary of Rio Tinto-Zinc , is a few kilometres south west of Truro near the tiny village of Baldhu . |
| 16 | With the exception of a few New Zealand government officials , the other inhabitants had only come to Koraloona because they preferred it to life in reduced circumstances in a big city . |
| 17 | and then only had it four years , but I used to it was , it 's such a waste that washing machine , I think maybe I 've done a few shirts hand washing and all the water , whereas in the twin tub I 'd of done the light weights , heated the water up done the shirts and , erm , got the put in , maybe towels and then I 'd put , re-heat the water if , if it was n't really soiled and I could do either all the dogs stuff or , or my dusters |