Example sentences of "were a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nurse-maids with their children were a common sight but as yet there were a few hotels and most visitors took ‘ rooms ’ with the local inhabitants who cooked the food which their guests bought at local shops . |
| 2 | There were a few tins in one of the cupboards , a glass jar of rice , and some jars of preserves , but no vegetables , and no perishable foods . |
| 3 | Seen from a hill , the dunes stretched as far as the deep blue of the horizon , above which were a few streaks of cirrus cloud . |
| 4 | There were a few discrepancies in the results . |
| 5 | THERE were a few looks of mock horror as I walked through the door . |
| 6 | If we were lucky , there were a few minutes in the evening when the wind dropped , the dust storm subsided , and we could brave the mosquitoes and wash the corrosive dust from our bodies . |
| 7 | There were a few minutes of silence as everyone concentrated on their food . |
| 8 | I assumed there were a few rounds left in the magazine . |
| 9 | That evening at dinner in the hotel they were a few tables away , just out of earshot but plainly visible . |
| 10 | There were a few accidents involving aircraft at Coningsby and one incident occurred shortly after the Washington entered service . |
| 11 | If you go back to the ‘ fifties and ‘ sixties , there were a few killers around like this one . |
| 12 | True , there were a few pockets of stubborn resistance , where the Reiksguard refused to fall back in the face of certain defeat or where the thunder of Imperial arquebuses had shattered the Bretonnian infantry . |
| 13 | She peered closely at her face ; there were a few lines about the mouth and eyes but at forty-seven that was only to be expected . |
| 14 | There were a few clubs at the lower end of the street , but it was mostly owned by monolithic movie companies . |
| 15 | There were a few Commandos resting in the barn , they looked up as I entered but showed no recognition . |
| 16 | Although many of the early worries were unfounded , there were a few surprises for the host families . |
| 17 | Mostly they were bottles , but there were a few bags containing knobbly things a bit smaller than Masklin 's fist . |
| 18 | Indeed he himself added a footnote to the paragraph quoted above : ‘ I was informed , however , that there were a few cockatoos at one spot on the west of Bali , showing that the intermingling of the productions of these islands is now going on … ’ |
| 19 | The people heading for the square were mostly men although there were a few women , dressed in black . |
| 20 | Apart from the very young , who were not interested in having siestas , the only human beings to be seen were a few women who preferred to sit in the shade of their houses . |
| 21 | ‘ Then there were a few things that reinforced that feeling . |
| 22 | And there were a few things that you mentioned as you were going through that a you know I just really want to make a few comments on really . |
| 23 | there were a few things he could bring with him . |
| 24 | There were a few members of staff who could do with a visit from beyond the tomb . |
| 25 | There were a few sticks of furniture and the floor was beaten earth , rather cold despite the summer . |
| 26 | There were a few exercises they forbade , and would never let the Prince pilot supersonic Buccaneers or the Sea King anti-submarine helicopters ; but he did qualify for membership of the exclusive Ten Ton Club , by flying at more than 1,000 m.p.h. in a phantom scrambled from Leuchars in Fife , which he had taken over Balmoral before going supersonic off the coast of Scotland . |
| 27 | Besides the ‘ straight ’ prostitutes , there were a few transvestites , heavily made up , trying to swallow their Adam 's apples and speak in wheedling , fluty voices . |
| 28 | There were a few stunners , true , but they always moved out after their first year whilst the ungainly ones became permanent fixtures . |
| 29 | There were a few complaints of poverty and the money was slow to come in from Norfolk and Yorkshire . |
| 30 | There were a few complaints of poverty , but no signs of serious opposition ; and the revenue began to flow in , reaching about £60,000 . |