Example sentences of "a few [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were n't many here , a few along the stream , a dipper flicking white-chested over the water , pigeons clattering out of the fir near the drive , a tangle of hemlock and cow parsley along the fence hiding pheasants . |
| 2 | Some of the north-facing slopes are less favoured and , while most of the vines are found at a height of between 140 and 180 metres , a few to the east and north of the village grow above 200 metres . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , as railways past prepared to renew their acquaintance with York 's tourist hordes , railways present and future are planning to divert a few onto the TransPennine service into which Teesside is now linked . |
| 4 | However , there is little else authentically recorded , a strange omission inasmuch as these galleries and a few over the West Yorkshire border are indigenous to this area . |
| 5 | Just a few over the winter ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Interpretation of iconography , the historical context of works , or personal information about sitters for portraits are only a few of the varied topics which can be spelt out in catalogues . |
| 8 | ‘ Just a few of the chaps and chapesses , darling , ’ over the phone in the late afternoon when she had purged wine stains and ashtrays , boxed up the empties , made the kitchen immaculate yet again . |
| 9 | Maybe we can talk quietly to a few of the men — one of the masons from Ballechin has a son who must be twenty . ’ |
| 10 | Yet all we seem to have heard , either from a few of the more militant leading players or their representatives in recent months , has been the cry ‘ We want more . ’ |
| 11 | Let me outline a few of the obstacles : |
| 12 | These are but a few of the hazards that can wreck the look and expression of the choreographic design . |
| 13 | Being a regular to the attractions of the Continent and its sunnier climes , I started by skimming through and picking out a few of the relatively recent crags that I have visited , such as Ceuse & Oppede le Vieux : they are in — fine . |
| 14 | I knew a few of the Marines . |
| 15 | The constant mortaring and shelling of the area had dislodged a few of the corpses and the flies and mosquitoes were everywhere . |
| 16 | They were a lot of car for the money , too , remember , with character and a few of the rough edges that are inevitable with a true specialist car . |
| 17 | And what 's really wrong with knocking a few of the rough edges off your partner ? |
| 18 | On the back of this leaflet , you 'll find a few of the projects we 're involved with . |
| 19 | Loneliness , fragile health and homelessness are just a few of the problems they face without our help . |
| 20 | THOSE SEARCHING around feebly to find things to give film buffs for Christmas ought to consider a few of the classic books on directors , stars , studios and the movies themselves . |
| 21 | We had a double bass , tea chest/broom handle/gut and a ukelele , and we did ‘ Gambling Man ’ and ‘ Cumberland Gao ’ and a few of the old Lonnie Donegan things , and that was David 's first public appearance , on the Isle of Wight . |
| 22 | Subaru of America , whose cars are made by Japan 's Fuji Heavy Industries , is struggling and a few of the Japanese-owned car factories in America are also running below capacity . |
| 23 | Scrap the monarchy , abolish the House of Lords and get a written constitution — a few of the proposals in the Commonwealth of Britain Bill presented to the Commons by Tony Benn , a Labour MP . |
| 24 | A few of the rarer sorts of meteorite have been chipped off much larger blocks : the Moon and Mars . |
| 25 | A few of the more peculiar large meteorites also seem to contain cosmic dust . |
| 26 | Such were only a few of the multitude of his accomplishments . |
| 27 | There are probably many reasons for this and I shall mention only a few of the important ones . |
| 28 | A few of the others were taken away , much to Nigel 's annoyance . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | It was as if he were a sheet of paper torn into many little pieces which she felt she had to cover entirely with her hand , but could not , however hard she tried , because the wind always blew a few of the pieces from between her fingers or from the edge of her palm . |