Example sentences of "with [art] few [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | As a few of us stand and look at the Germans , Mills Roberts appears with a few of his Officers . |
2 | Ken Pitt : ‘ I think the great problem was David was always very insecure and because he was n't achieving the renown he wanted , like most artists he began to worry , bearing in mind that David was now living at Haddon Hall with a few of his friends , all of whom were unaware of what was going on in the office and how we were planning David 's career , what progress we were really making . |
3 | The students had not yet arrived , but I took meals in the refectory with a few of the college authorities and professors who had already started the new term 's work . |
4 | R. J. left her with a few of his abstruse sayings , which she believed meant he was telling her not to worry too much ; it was difficult to tell . |
5 | DISNEY says it has a minor dispute with a few of the hundreds of contractors it has dealt with on the project . |
6 | Jazz skewered up his hair with a few of Mrs Nicholson 's hairpins and the three of them shuffled and clacked respectively for home , grateful for the now emptier streets . |
7 | A few years ago I and my two sons made an amazing discovery — a discovery we shared with a few of our colleagues here . |
8 | The number of flowers that can be used for the golden theme is quite large : you could choose something very simple , such as a small spray of yellow roses with a few of their own leaves and buds , or something more complicated , such as a mixture of yellow roses , mimosa , potentillas and narcissi , with a few primroses and primulas to give extra detail . |
9 | ‘ I dare say , but I 'd far rather be playing snooker with a few of the boys , accompanied by a few pints of beer — preferably Devil 's Dram . |
10 | I was there with a few of the guys from Delta . |
11 | But when she was very sad she understood that sorrow casts out fear , and then the murderer could call with a few of his friends and she would tell them wearily to bugger off and they would go , since , after all , there can be no satisfaction in murdering the dead . |
12 | The first is that , with a few of our laws , it is possible to transform a correct program C[P] ( C[. ] being a context ) to an incorrect one C[Q] . |
13 | Alan 's already had initial discussions with a few of us and with Graham about what the next stage should be erm but that 's really not been finalized yet . |
14 | ‘ Well , after Sir Edmund finished his interrogation this morning , I had a word with a few of the servants , men from the outlying farms . |
15 | ‘ That was a game we should have won after taking a two goal lead , and I think it 's still rankles with a few of the lads . |
16 | ‘ He 's intending to drop in and have a social drink with a few of them in the next day or so , have lunch or dinner , participate in old boys ’ chat , that sort of thing . ’ |
17 | My godfather took me to dinner here and we played poker afterwards with a few of the members . |
18 | Erm I was going to pick up on a number of points that have been raised by previous speakers , but erm Mr Grigson and Mr Curtis seem to have er dealt with a few of those , erm just with regard to the the table put in by C P R E , with their figures , I would just agree with Mr Cur er Mr Grigson that there is a very substantial degree of double counting in those figures , there is also a very substantial degree of over provision in the allowance for for conversions , er past conversion rates in Greater York have averaged something like twenty nine dwellings per year , over a fifteen year period your talking about four hundred and thirty five dwellings , which is the figure that both York City Council and ourselves have have made allowance for for conversions , that compares with a figure of a thousand dwellings referred to by the C P R E and I see no foundation for that figure , erm , as I say Mr Curtis already picked up on the point about windfalls rates by Mr Thomas , erm just turning to the difference between the tables er submitted by the County Council and York City Council on the the residue within the er Greater York area , I would accept the figure , the figures put in the tables by Mr er by Mr Curtis , I think that they have picked up the the more recent planning permissions and the completions information , and they also take on board there more recent work on erm development within the city , and I I accept that table . |
19 | I 'll go armed with a few of my best designs , just in case my big break awaits me ! ’ |
20 | She just wanted to hear her hero 's lovely voice , see those flashing eyes and bolster up her imagination with a few of his telling phrases about ‘ El Amor ’ . |
21 | If their positions are marked on a map of the island it will be seen that the main concentrations are in the Ardnave-Sanaig area , with a few down the Rhinns to Port Charlotte , another group within the sweep of Laggan Bay and a third near Kildalton . |
22 | This is not surprising : even Pilâtre de Rozier , the French balloonist , once filled his mouth with a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen with a few to blowing the gases into a flame . |
23 | ‘ He showed them Viet Cong a thing or two , I could do with a few like 'im round 'ere . ’ |
24 | D. Although jobs in light industry are increasing , with a few in each town , the region still has only a small proportion of its workers in manufacturing . |
25 | The peak of production was reached between 1850 and 1875 , during which period up to 200 men and women were employed in the trade , mainly in Mauchline but with a few in neighbouring villages . |
26 | Jerseys were first imported in 1893 , direct from the Channel Islands , and subsequently from Denmark , with a few from Britain and the USA . |