Example sentences of "few [adj] [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | And let's not forget a few failed attempts at making it in the movies along the way . |
| 2 | A few half-hearted attempts at brightening the place up with posters have been made by a succession of teachers , but it does n't really help because the huts suffer from terminal damp and the posters quickly go all brown and blotchy making the general appearance of the hut 's interior more , not less , gloomy . |
| 3 | Afterwards we had spent a few stolen days at the ski resort of Grindelwald , in the shadow of the Eiger North Face . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the City Council has behaved in what can only be described as a lax , sluggish and offhand manner towards one of the few private initiatives at the very centre of Dutch cultural life . |
| 5 | A few faceless mannequins at desks , waiting to be enlivened . |
| 6 | One of the few British medals at the last Olympics was in the Star two-man keelboat class , and our line-up for the 1992 Games in Barcelona is looking very strong in many of the ten different classes . |
| 7 | Moreover , few British schools at present include private study periods on the timetable , except for the sixth form , so the teacher knows that his students can only see the sequence in breaks and before and after school , unless he allows time in his own assigned periods with them . |
| 8 | Mrs Chalker , who was Britain 's governor at the 55-nation bank , was replaced by senior civil servant Timothy Lankester , but her sudden departure left Britain with one of the few non-political delegations at this meeting which starts here on Monday . |
| 9 | He was in demand as a confessor , from a few parishioners , a few neighbouring clergy , a few old students at Lincoln . |
| 10 | Here the engineers have to carry out most of their work on Sundays when traffic is light , but this often entails diversions and extended journey times followed by temporary speed restrictions for a few further days at the beginning of each week . |
| 11 | The man proceeded a few jolting feet at a time through the excruciating heat . |
| 12 | Disappointingly for a book published in 1993 , there are few references more recent than 1991 ( and very few 1991 references at that ) . |
| 13 | There are few Japanese managers at Smyrna , Georgetown and Washington , and the few are seen as teachers , not meddlers . |
| 14 | The few brief weeks at the ICO opened her mind to an appreciation of meditation literature . |
| 15 | A few wintry showers at first . |
| 16 | I took a siesta in the shade , and when evening rolled around was feeling fit enough to head back into Bandera for a few more beers at the Silver Dollar . |
| 17 | There are very few blind shots at Great Yarmouth & Caister . |
| 18 | The rain started , a few heavy drops at first and then hissing spears of water that struck her sharply on the head , on her neck , pricking through the thin stuff of her dress . |
| 19 | A Major or a Kinnock may work for decades in the hope of a few short years at the pinnacle of our political system . |
| 20 | After snarling a few choice remarks at them from the corners of our mouths , such as , ‘ Get lost ! ’ or ‘ Beat it ! ’ , which we understood to be good American for , ‘ Please go away , we do not wish for company , ’ we managed to rid ourselves of a few of them , but two of the most persistent followed us until we were clear of the town , and then we realised that the only way to be left alone was for us to be really rude . |
| 21 | It was a terrace of three stone cottages , with a cobbled clearing at the front and a common area with a few small outbuildings at the back . |
| 22 | She had fought him off like a veritable wildcat when he 'd slung a few well-deserved insults at her , and then had had the gall to deny she had turned traitor , although her brother held his castle for Matilda , and God only knew what she , herself , had done for the Empress . |
| 23 | He tosses a few slow jabs at several male heads , then for a couple of seconds allows his black , shiny Florsheims to blur into the patented Ali shuffle . |
| 24 | A few anxious glances at watches showed that it was time for the invited party to take their places . |
| 25 | To keep the 1:6 cement/ballast concrete level and consistent thickness , we put a few levelled pegs at the extreme sides of the pit for guidance . |
| 26 | There were a few suitable towns at which to start but we chose Beni Abbes because the map showed it to be two thousand miles from Kano . |
| 27 | There were few new arrivals at the embassy . |
| 28 | Very often pupils will benefit from the opportunity to see and handle , and discuss a few selected artefacts at close hand , before going on to work in the display galleries . |
| 29 | The submersed leaves form attractive rosettes , while the few floating leaves at the crown are small and oval-shaped . |
| 30 | He 's worth a few million pennies at the moment . |