Example sentences of "few [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a recent case , the police posed as ordinary civilians in order to trap a shop owner , licensed to sell liquor by the case only , into selling them a few cans of lager and a bottle of wine . |
| 2 | We were more used to being given a few cans of lager and that was it , ’ says Solowka . |
| 3 | I hoped that the off-licence opened soon because the journey to Dover could only be improved by getting drunk ; besides , a few cans of lager helped me through the morning pretty well , and killed off hunger till late afternoon . |
| 4 | He ( or she ) wo n't find a dead body in the foreshore , but he might well return home with a few cans of paint , a drum of oil , a host of seaborne lost offerings , or even a net of Spanish oranges tucked under his arm . |
| 5 | Quite a few cans of Coke and things like that , quite a few cans for relieving yourself ! |
| 6 | Keep a few cans in store for whizzing up quick and nutritious meals for the family |
| 7 | As M. W. Eysenck ( 1982 ) points out , unless studies collect data over a large range of different arousal levels , there are relatively few patterns of results which are actually inconsistent with an inverted-U relationship . |
| 8 | Although he had passed Responsions and had few debts at Oxford except for books , his father was already apprehensive about the cost of an Oxford education , with Ernest in his final year of training to be an art-teacher and Reggie with a consuming passion for Shakespeare and the stage , and no other interest . |
| 9 | At Debenham there was a lot of extra curricular activities on offer like inter house competitions , Sports days , I took part in quite a few activities like Sports days , assemblies and some of the interhouse competitions like design a Christmas card and basket ball , I also went to a club on Friday lunch times . |
| 10 | Since formation in 1978 , ACAUS has sought reciprocity of accounting qualifications and have met with success in only a few states to date where foreign accountants are eligible to sit for the CPA examination ( examples include California and Illinois ) . |
| 11 | There are a few glimmers of hope , however , since fewer firms are having trouble collecting fees and all but the larger firms are optimistic about increasing their client base . |
| 12 | LONDON & SOUTH-EAST : There were few glimmers of encouragement for Mr Kinnock as the party picked up a dozen seats in the capital and a handful outside , writes David Millward . |
| 13 | During infancy children tend to be kept most of the time in the small , dark interior of their hut , where they are rarely allowed to crawl on the floor , rarely spoken to or played with ( though always kept near the mother ) , and where few objects for play are available . |
| 14 | This requirement eliminates a lot of the older classical chemical techniques and indeed some of the ultra-modern high-tech instruments which can only handle a few objects per day . |
| 15 | Beneath the chandeliers only the Louis XVI table , the Queen in zinc ( for patriotic reasons ) , a few objects in electro-metal such as Fame Scattering Petals on Shakespeare 's Tomb , with the heads of certain men of letters , and a few stuffed birds in the rubble of plaster and brickwork brought down by the sepoy cannons , remained . |
| 16 | ( CFCs used to be used in aerosols but , because of pressure from consumers and environmentalists , few aerosols in Britain now employ CFCs . ) |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Hurdles of metal , split oak , or wattle are very useful for quick repairs to a hedge or wall or to fold a few sheep on rape or turnips ( although they are laborious for the latter . |
| 19 | The attention of the news media was firmly focused on the Falklands , and so few accounts of disturbances in British cities were reported . |
| 20 | Observation of zoo animals and the few accounts from naturalists in the field suggest they are a fairly stormy procedure , consisting of mock chases , vicious swipes of the female 's paw as well as obvious kisses and caresses . |
| 21 | The passageway here splits into two , one branch leading to the engine sump where a cage lies jammed for ever , the other leading to where a small spiral stairway runs up from a hole in the wall , over the tunnel , to the engine room which , apart from a few acts of vandalism and the ravages of time , is very much as it was on the day it was left . |
| 22 | 13.3.2 Few authorities on fraud and partiality |
| 23 | ‘ There are ’ , he said , ‘ very few discussions of Government decisions by full Cabinet . ’ |
| 24 | The Exchange discourages the use of equity shares with no or restricted voting rights , so this can not normally be used as a device to retain control amongst a few shareholders with voting rights . |
| 25 | Visitors to Ingatestone , one of the few houses in Essex to boast original mullioned windows , should watch out for Siddy the green parrot , who flaps around the garden performing his imitation of a ringing telephone . |
| 26 | Visitors to Ingatestone , one of the few houses in Essex to boast original mullioned windows , should watch out for Siddy the green parrot , who flaps around the garden performing his imitation of a ringing telephone . |
| 27 | Suburban residential development in Chiswick had already become noticeable by the end of the nineteenth century with Back Common load and the adjoining Bond Street , Holly Road , Clifton Gardens , Belmont Road and Grove on the north side of Chiswick high Road , and with Devonshire Road , Linden Gardens and Bolton Gardens — later renamed Duke Road-on the south side , and a few houses in Dukes Avenue , opposite to the end of Barrowgate Road , which itself had a number of houses , mostly at the Sutton Lane end , close to Dead Donkey Lane . |
| 28 | In a country where the media is state controlled and acts as a mouthpiece for the Party , putting up posters was one of the few forms of communication and free expression . |
| 29 | Community theatre was one of the few forms of communication which managed to flourish under President Stroessner 's dictatorship in Paraguay . |
| 30 | However , for the best effects of all , turn off the main room light and have a few lamps in corners to read by and so on . |