Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | It was after ten o'clock , and he would be quite right to disapprove , if it were n't for the fact that , in spite of appearances , she had slept for only a few hours last night . |
2 | I sympathized and threw in a few choice obscenities and ‘ hanging 's too good for ‘ ems ’ but made a note to pick up a few watches next time I was down the Brick Lane midnight market . |
3 | The scales on the disk extend just into the dorsal edge of the disk , the ventral interradial areas are naked except for a few scales next to the genital slit . |
4 | did quite a few graphs last time , and you 're good on algebra , manipulating things , you 're good on trig , vectors and matrices , how do you feel about those ? |
5 | After a while , sitting in the car , we saw her stand for a few minutes first on one of the Howes , then on another , still and with arms raised . |
6 | ‘ Touch my toes a few times first . |
7 | I saw him play a few times last year when they were still in the premier div. and was fairly impressed however I have n't seen his form this season and I 'm sure a year in Div.1 wo n't have improved him . |
8 | You 've got time to do a few things first . |
9 | ‘ He is without doubt their greatest danger and he gave us a few problems last week . ’ |
10 | The man smiled as if intrigued by Corbett , muttering a few words first in Portuguese and then in English . |
11 | Now we 'll try a few examples first . |
12 | Well I agree with that but I want to make a few points first of all , because poll tax was tangled up with this . |
13 | We are keen to run a few events next year outside Edinburgh , and a visit to the newish organisation EuroInfoCentre is also planned ( for 18th March ) . |
14 | We 'll be going to London for a few days next month to find suitable premises , so I 'll be able to go down and see Mum and Dad and the children . |
15 | Stella , before Howard leaves , will you fix for him to fly to New Canaan for a few days last spring … ? ’ |
16 | For a few days last week it looked as though United States voters would behave as British voters did earlier this year and swing back to the devil they knew . |