Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The method I prefer , however , is just to make a play of looking at the coin after each few rubs on the elbow . |
| 2 | There are very few patterns for the garter carriage , so to really use its full potential it is necessary to work out your own patterns . |
| 3 | The leader then proceeds to do a few activities around the table such as hitting it with both hands , scratching an ear , winking an eye or nodding backwards and forwards . |
| 4 | The Glass-Steagall Act and the McFadden Act prevented banks from operating in more than a few states at a time , and also restricted their scope for involvement in the securities markets and other financial services — areas where their international competitors already had wide powers . |
| 5 | It brings out the old policies of Enoch Powell way back and there are still a few Powellites in the Tory party . |
| 6 | She fixed her hazel eyes on his and elaborated , smiling , ‘ You could treat yourself to a few trinkets with the change . ’ |
| 7 | The old man 's come out — probably the old lady first with a bundle , and the old man 'd come out with his few possessions in a red handkerchief tied up . |
| 8 | A slight chill the day after the sale had delayed her journey to London and so she had been forced to leave Summer Lodge with her few possessions in a bag and watch as the cab carried her from the large estate on the hill to the cramped rooms of the house in Chapel Street . |
| 9 | There are far too few illustrations for the size of the volume : ideally a dictionary of this size should contain many more , displayed in either date , alphabetical or country order , or perhaps in a comparative sequence . |
| 10 | There were a few clubs at the lower end of the street , but it was mostly owned by monolithic movie companies . |
| 11 | ‘ We 're in a bizarre situation , are n't we , with me having access to some of the files and a few contacts in the Service and you doing the interrogations ? ’ |
| 12 | He had a few contacts in the Metropolitan force . |
| 13 | Walworth was hardly the place where families had money lying about , except perhaps a few pennies in a cocoa tin for feeding gas meters . |
| 14 | Finally the helpful priest drove up to a point overlooking a fine old stone harbour , with a few houses on the quayside . |
| 15 | The authority 's sewage works vary in size from those producing many millions of gallons of treated effluent a day to those serving a few houses in a rural area where the discharge may be the merest trickle . |
| 16 | There were very few houses in the road at that time ; it was just a lane , leading to nowhere , and Mrs Browning was the first to acknowledge our presence by formally inviting us to tea . |
| 17 | A few houses in the street even boasted servants . |
| 18 | Although she will in fact serve her last few shifts at the new community hospital at Treloar 's , it was her wish to hold her retirement party at Alton General Hospital before it closed . |
| 19 | You are receiving too many or too few copies of the Globe each month |
| 20 | Alternatively , as he explained to Lord Derby , ‘ the cancelled parts , may , if you please , be bound together , and entitled Illustrations of Birds from Australia , and from the few copies in the hands of the public , they will some day be of value , though , it is true , more to the Book-Collector , than the Naturalist . ’ |
| 21 | Perhaps a few adverts round the football terraces would spread the net a little wider . |
| 22 | I just barged up to him a few times during the evening and in the end he said , ‘ Alright then , let's hear you sing ’ and he was impressed . |
| 23 | Until that day John Russell was just a name I had written in the Division account book a few times during the past year . |
| 24 | And then from time to time , erm in fact a few times during the year , we circulate a newsletter to something like a thousand erm companies on our list . |
| 25 | I completed tidying the loft , sneezing a few times as the golden space filled with motes of shining dust . |
| 26 | We even grabbed lunch together a few times at the hospital cafeteria . ’ |
| 27 | They circled a few times on the parquet floor in the hall . |
| 28 | If you are unsure what sort of a handshaker you are , practise a few times with a friend . |
| 29 | The kids used to be standing there one time — well , we hit them a few times with the cape and it had a bottle in it . |
| 30 | You could indeed , you could indeed it it reinforces a point does n't it , so I mean I so went back a few times with the flipchart yesterday with things that we need to re reinforce yes ? |