Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 91 | This was formerly the ceramic market and there are still a few potters ' stalls at the far end near Charles Bridge . |
| 92 | Wealthy ladies , doing a little charitable slumming , as well as a few shopkeepers ' wives , bought the pretty baby clothes , and the doll she had dressed went for a fabulous price , to be given to some little girl more fortunate than those for whom the money was being raised . |
| 93 | • Scotland 's Sunday Mail managed to satisfy quite a few fishkeepers ' preoccupations by combining beer and fish in not just one but two stories . |
| 94 | No doubt when Wrexham see what a joke he is , he will be back at ‘ The Tip ’ licking a few supporters ' backsides and begging for his job back . |
| 95 | That it is n't that you 've got up on the wrong side or eaten something which did n't agree with you or just need a few days ' rest . |
| 96 | Our plan was to meet there in a few days ' time , once our researches in New York were concluded . |
| 97 | ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’ |
| 98 | And surely , nobody in his right mind would take a few days ' vacation and miss out on the opportunity of selling his own plans and proposals to the President of the Corporation ? |
| 99 | After a few days ' dialling he knew it by heart . |
| 100 | His compatriot , Alexandra Ledermann 's Punition , who beat Navet in the Paris World Cup round but who had a difficult flight to Del Mar , looked much more at ease at the official horse inspection here , after a few days ' rest . |
| 101 | Only a few of the Christian residents appeared to notice that the Syrians had come prepared for more than just a few days ' stay . |
| 102 | Robyn is rather less generous with the next supplicant , a young man who broke his ankle falling off his motorbike on New Year 's Eve , but even the least deserving candidate gets a few days ' respite , for Robyn tends to identify with the students against the system that assesses them , even though she is herself part of the system . |
| 103 | In a few days ' time the President of the Society for the Protection of the Selva Sur , David Ricalde , would tell me , ‘ Some of these naturalists , it 's not their fault but they do n't know their stuff . |
| 104 | In a few days ' time , perhaps sooner , he would die quietly of pneumonia , peacefully suffocating as the bloodstream slowed and the deprived lungs surrendered their function . |
| 105 | L Detachment was thus judged ready for operations , and to wind down were given a few days ' leave to be spent in Cairo . |
| 106 | James , Earl of Douglas , raided Northumberland , laying siege to Newcastle , and after a few days ' inconclusive skirmishing , the Scots army retreated into the Cheviot Hills . |
| 107 | Even with a few days ' rehearsal it was an unnerving experience . |
| 108 | After his second retirement eight years later , he was again ‘ let down lightly ’ , by doing a few days ' work a month on market research . |
| 109 | She will probably welcome your offer of help with such matters as the registration of the death , notifying distant friends , putting an announcement of death in local or national newspapers if she wants this , and dealing with kindly enquiries from neighbours in a tactful way , so that they understand that she may not be feeling like having too many callers at first but will greatly appreciate their help and sympathy in a few days ' ( or weeks , ) time ; and making arrangements for the funeral and any family gathering that is to take place afterwards . |
| 110 | I was only given a few days ' notice . |
| 111 | Sometimes , of course , it can work the other way round ; I recall a woman , going through a difficult time with her husband , returning after a few days ' holiday to find that he had swept and cleaned the house from top to bottom . |
| 112 | The news was relayed to the restive citizens that they had a few days ' respite . |
| 113 | Inside sources claim that Cobain is devastated by the revelations , and the possibility that Nirvana may cancel their appearance at Reading Festival is very real , given that the band were prepared to scrap their jubilant homecoming show at just a few days ' notice . |
| 114 | Backpackers must make adjustments — quite easy to do with a few days ' walking under your belt , not so simple when your planning trips in your living room . |
| 115 | The girls arrived at the Gare du Nord , as we will do , and then , as we will in a few days ' time , they made for the Gare de L'Est and the journey into central Europe . |
| 116 | This would on past experience coax the crocuses out in Hyde Park , only to be spiked by frost in a few days ' time . |
| 117 | However we agreed to visit Cedars together in a few days ' time . |
| 118 | Well , we had a talk and she invited me to come back in a few days ' time . |
| 119 | It was arranged that he would take a few days ' supply of stoma bags with him and he was given a list of equipment he would require . |
| 120 | Only after a few days ' exposure to New York sunlight did they readjust to local time . |