Example sentences of "a few [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There must have been quite a few since Lucia and Michele . ’ |
| 2 | With your inbuilt tachometer you 've no doubt clocked up quite a few since Seville . ’ |
| 3 | It was an opinion that not a few of Gould 's associates would have shared . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We have had a few of Lionan 's men here once or twice , some wounded . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | This chapter introduces a few of Stamford 's more interesting people and includes murderers , political idealists , oddities of nature and romantic aristocrats . |
| 14 | 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 ! |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | For the record , I would like to clarify a few of Mr.Peavey 's erroneous assertions : |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | A few of Richard 's toys were there as well , and some that had belonged to Kate . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Hospitality : More beds are needed especially to accommodate the German team on Thursday , Friday and Saturday nights , and a few for Friday night only for long distance Medau performers — please ask in your classes ( ten mile radius from Croydon or along the route from Dover preferred ) and send offers to . |
| 23 | She shared a few with Hackney 's mayor Harry Shaw . |
| 24 | A few at Foss — one or two at Kenmore . |
| 25 | Try a few on Main Street or see you later . |
| 26 | At 8 o'clock on Friday , June 15th , over 30 teenagers met in the church Family Centre for a strange ritual known only to a few as MIDNIGHTICESKATING . |
| 27 | Today it is probably extinct , although there might still be a few around St Brieuc . |
| 28 | A few like Hughie Gallacher , the marvellous centre-forward for Newcastle and Scotland in the 1920s , could never adjust to the sudden loss of fame and took their own life . |
| 29 | At MGM , he saw all the famous movie stars that populated that most famous of studios , and to his friends he name-dropped a few like Grace Kelly , with whom he fell in love from afar before she ran off to marry her prince . |
| 30 | Unfortunately , experienced models are hard to come by on most of the Polynesian islands , though it is possible to find a few in Papeete . |