Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My first machine was second-hand , £10 , with no instructions , no tuition and few patterns or magazines . |
| 2 | He could build his own Government with few debts or commitments . |
| 3 | She slid open a fitted wardrobe to their left to reveal a few suits and pairs of trousers hanging from a rail . |
| 4 | There were so few possessions or comforts in the room that it was clear Mr Sikes had met hard times . |
| 5 | He had been shooting since he was about five years old ; there were few clubs or competitions around at the time but the Scorton was one of the leading ones . |
| 6 | He made few friends ; he joined few clubs or societies , and after being elected to the college debating society was asked to resign because he never spoke ; he did not even spend much money . |
| 7 | Such excitements are rare ; The Hague has a few clubs and theatres and it will soon have its own ballet company , but for the most part the Hagenaars , as the residents are known , spend their evenings at home and retire at a respectable hour . |
| 8 | Erm , he worked , he was their sort of erm they had a few clubs and pubs in this area at the time and er |
| 9 | Booksellers also tend to prefer not to be associated exclusively with a few authorities or institutions , so that they themselves are less vulnerable to any changes in those libraries ' policies . |
| 10 | The day progressed and I had searched a reasonably large expanse of foreshore without much to show by way of finds apart from a few pennies and halfpennies . |
| 11 | ( A wry comment from two young people who sometimes had to delay posting letters until they could find a few pennies for stamps . ) |
| 12 | However , few disciplines or academics are ever wholly ‘ normal ’ . |
| 13 | At the western end of the bay a few houses and Ireland 's smallest church , measuring 12ft by 6ft , make up the picturesque hamlet of Partbraddan . |
| 14 | But it was little more than a hamlet : a fine but small Norman church , an inn , a few houses and cottages and in the distance , farm buildings . |
| 15 | It has a few houses and shops , even a post office . |
| 16 | The high school environment , it would seem , is one with few peaks and troughs , undemanding and emotionally flat . |
| 17 | Stephen , indeed , had written in 1771 to another botanist saying ‘ our country produces but few uncommon plants : we have no mountains , few woods or marshes . ’ |
| 18 | THE PATTERN OF PARLIAMENTARY ENCLOSURE IN NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE AND SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE This ‘ open ’ pattern of compact villages and few roads and lanes should be compared with Fig. 7 , which shows the ‘ close ’ pattern of early medieval colonisation on the heavy London Clays of south-east Hertfordshire . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've tried quite a few times but mine are never any good . ’ |
| 20 | Although Walton the head coachman still drove her mother-in-law , the few times that Tamar had driven out , she had used their coach and pair from the days at Helmsley , with Goodison to drive her . |
| 21 | I have been preaching a few times and invitations are coming in , so it is good experience for me . |
| 22 | This means that each job is learned completely and thoroughly , but I could n't help thinking that a few musicians and/or luthiers at strategic points around the factory would n't go amiss — groundworkers who actually understand how a guitar works and who could spot problems from the playing perspective , rather than just the engineering view . |
| 23 | In the thin and trimmed hedgerows few birds or mammals find thick cover for heating and feeding their young . |
| 24 | Apart from a few ornaments and pictures he had paid for everything . |
| 25 | Power has been concentrated in the Cabinet and in the hands of the Prime Minister , with very few checks and balances . |
| 26 | you know just cos there 's a few fights and drunks down there , I thought it ca n't be that bad . |
| 27 | They chatted for a few minutes but Treloar had nothing more to say . |
| 28 | The car had been parked outside their home for only a few minutes before neighbours saw it being driven off by teenage youths . |
| 29 | For the last few minutes before Ellen appeared , Ruth stood by the window , looking down the dale . |
| 30 | Delays are unlikely to exceed a few minutes while capacity is maximised . |