Example sentences of "but a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a few moments later there she was — tall and beautiful in a little green bouclé dress with matching jacket . |
| 2 | Once the lids of the outer case and the leaden shell had been removed , the workman prised off the lid of the inner coffin ; the slightly yellowed silk sheets were drawn back and there lay the body of the child , looking as if he had gone off to sleep but a few moments before . |
| 3 | There was a pause , Riven trying to remember Minginish 's geography , but a few moments later Luib put him back to work . |
| 4 | But a few moments later , in Simon 's cottage , when he pulled up a chair to the fire and gently pressed her down into it , she managed to say , ‘ You — knew … |
| 5 | ‘ Wait but a few moments here for me , ’ she said more gently , ‘ for I must make my farewell to the Lady Percy , who has been more than kind to me . ’ |
| 6 | Not only is the bilberry putting forth its globular pinkish-green blooms and the uva-ursi prolific with blossom this spring , but a few orchids may be spotted . |
| 7 | Not only that , but a few pairs have stayed on to breed , and in certain areas half a dozen or more broods of young can be seen on the new grassland . |
| 8 | Most molluscs are small , a few centimetres long and some are really tiny , but a few species have attained considerable dimensions . |
| 9 | Most boletus fungi are good to eat , but a few species , such as the Devil 's bolete boletus satanas are poisonous . |
| 10 | These creatures , like the ammonites , have had their day , but a few species known as sea lilies still survive in the ocean depths . |
| 11 | Outside the months of breeding all but a few species disappear to wintering grounds well south of the Arctic Circle ; thus the arctic has over 150 species of breeding land birds , but only eight of them reside on the tundra all the year round . |
| 12 | Fifty years ago this was not the case ; there was then no apparent threat to any but a few species . |
| 13 | But a few instants later , she needed no other support than the strong arms that seized her and gathered her to a broad chest , the lips in her hair uttering the words that sent the blood rushing through her veins . |
| 14 | My second husband had been born 6,000 miles away , but at his funeral service the coffin lay but a few feet from the church war memorial tablet bearing Leslie 's name . |
| 15 | Where the fall hit the pool the water threshed as though boiling , but a few feet further on it was limpid , still , crystal-clear , hedged in by banks of ferns and tulip trees , and at the far end was the outlet where the water drained away to the sea . |
| 16 | At certain points it can reach 10 feet but a few feet is more normal . |
| 17 | The moon was not yet up and a high , thin bank of cloud obscured all but a few stars . |
| 18 | I remember once , yeah it was like that , yeah that 's right , not one , but a few times I used to get on the train from Runcorn to Liverpool , I had an address to go to in Liverpool , rough directions how to get there , to pick up a suit or to pick up a fitting , you know you 'd get the , the different |
| 19 | Now it merits but a few column inches in a few papers . |
| 20 | The sap which was emitted into the tank water as the plant ‘ broke down ’ contains co carcinogenics , phorbyl esters and cytotoxin to name but a few poisons . |
| 21 | Details about the careers and life histories of the women compositors will figure in a later chapter , but a few remarks about the evidence relating to marriage will provide some perspective for the training question . |
| 22 | But it had been proved to the satisfaction of all but a few sceptics that such an event would result in an effect similar to the collapse of a dwarf star . |
| 23 | It had flown but a few hours in his ownership , and it might be available for a feature in Pilot . |
| 24 | We know that Lethieullier was also interested in anatomy , for in 1734 he had offered to the Royal Society three infants preserved in spirit , ‘ … of which one Elizabeth Baggs , a hard labouring woman in Oxford , was delivered at one birth in 1714 ’ and who lived for but a few hours afterwards . |
| 25 | The Scottish Institute , however , feels that the system is ‘ satisfactory in all but a few cases ’ . |
| 26 | As suggested above , one of the central planks in Lord Devlin 's argument that the law does not simply exist to protect the individual , but also to protect society , was the fact that in all but a few cases the victim may not consent to the commission of an offence against themselves . |
| 27 | In all but a few cases their treason had been petty , enlisting in the German ranks after being taken prisoner or something of that sort . |
| 28 | In all but a few cases interviews were taped . |
| 29 | In all but a few cases , a solution will be provided immediately or within a couple of hours . |
| 30 | Registered land conveyancing is delightfully simple , both as to deducing and investigation of title , and official forms are obtainable that , with minor adaptation , will serve in all but a few cases . |