Example sentences of "a few [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still think he was a good investment , BUT if he does n't get 20+ Premiership goals this year I 'll be disappointed ( unless he gets the winner in the FA cup final on bags a few vs Scum ! ! ) |
| 2 | He has converted quite a few to Utopianism . |
| 3 | A lot of lads started out here , went to Sarries , a few to Wasps then come home again . |
| 4 | ‘ There must have been quite a few since Lucia and Michele . ’ |
| 5 | With your inbuilt tachometer you 've no doubt clocked up quite a few since Seville . ’ |
| 6 | Drive in the spade again , about 2–3 inches ( 5- 8cm ) from the cuttings slit , and lever the soil over tight against the cuttings — check this by taking a few between thumb and finger , and try to lift them : they should be quite firm . |
| 7 | It was an opinion that not a few of Gould 's associates would have shared . |
| 8 | The government showed itself willing to accept a large number of amendments of detail and a few of substance affecting boundaries as long as they could maintain the principle of a two-tier structure . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The birthday party was of a kind which Cecilia would have wondered at , had she been invited to it , for although a few of Bienvida 's classmates were present in its early stages , by seven it had become a celebration for the grown-ups . |
| 11 | I thought about leaving a few of Simon 's visiting cards around , or suggesting they all get together and build a glider in the loft , but then I saw the frosty-eyed Matron in a blue uniform and matching hair rinse clocking me from behind the desk . |
| 12 | erm I mean a few of things that I would say , first of all we operate on a freephone system , also we turn claims cheques round the same day , and the name of the game as far as we 're concerned is service . |
| 13 | Complete control of the contrast transfer function , displayed measurement parameters , versatile image editing and ability to detect 256 grey levels are a few of CUE 2 's abilities . |
| 14 | In fact only a few of Scotland 's great views are included but many well known ones elsewhere are covered such as Cat Bells and Snowdon , plus a few less familiar ones such as Mow Cop on the edge of the Cheshire Hills and Bennachie in Aberdeenshire . |
| 15 | We have had a few of Lionan 's men here once or twice , some wounded . |
| 16 | If it occurs anywhere in Offa 's reign it does so as Of Rx A on a few of Offa 's coins by the London moneyer , Alhmund . |
| 17 | He tried to dilute Judi 's images of her sister with objectivity , with his own observations , with Cam 's tightly-guarded feelings , with the pathetic and stupid judgements of Clive , Amelia and a few of Amelia 's guests , and with the slight tastes of her he had sampled at the entrance to the maze . |
| 18 | Like everyone else even remotely connected with the Hochhauser Season ( and over the years she had listened to quite a few of Uncle Willi 's stories ) she had accepted the image of Gesner the seducer , the monster of conceit , the arrogant and selfish star of the company . |
| 19 | There was a rubber ball , a few of Emily 's textbooks and a sort of forcefield of nails resting heads down and points upwards towards the unseen burglar 's face . |
| 20 | This chapter introduces a few of Stamford 's more interesting people and includes murderers , political idealists , oddities of nature and romantic aristocrats . |
| 21 | I have recently heard , and read , several reports about the paint ‘ peeling away ’ and have even heard rumours that a few of David Hockney 's originals are peeling away from their canvases , causing chaos with their owners , who are apparently demanding refunds ! |
| 22 | Poets were so highly esteemed that it was said that a Delhi-wallah visiting a friend in another part of India would always take with him as a present not jewels or hookahs or fine weapons but a few of Mir Taqi Mir 's new verses copied on to a single sheet of paper . |
| 23 | For the record , I would like to clarify a few of Mr.Peavey 's erroneous assertions : |
| 24 | If it were n't that a judge has to decide a case , quite a few of Edward 's legal opinions would probably end in a question mark . ’ |
| 25 | She had been horrified at the botch Ruth made of it and Ruth had begun to wish that she had taken a few of Hester 's proffered lessons . |
| 26 | The McLaggans had put grass halters round the necks of a few of Menzies ' horses ; Cameron rode on one ; from the back in his dark coat he looked like a preacher leading away the faithful to a field communion . |
| 27 | A few of Richard 's toys were there as well , and some that had belonged to Kate . |
| 28 | At Slapton , as on not a few other manors , a degree of confusion is understandable , for tenures were complex , embracing not only freeholds and copyholds — mostly heritable , though including a few for lives — but also what were described in a survey made in 1548 as ‘ The Farme Landes ’ , which were probably parcels of the demesne that were let by copy of court roll , the larger ones for fifteen years , the rest at will . |
| 29 | Nearly all records are for the period November to March , but there is one October record ( 1885 , Shoreham ) , and a few for April , May and June which probably refer to pricked birds or escapes from collections . |
| 30 | Buy the shirts large and have a few for variety . |