Example sentences of "few [det] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few few hoots of laughter from the back ! |
| 2 | The glass cone at Lemington , although incomplete , is one of few such survivals in Britain , and particularly in the region where the Venerable Bede tells us that French glassmakers were brought over to teach the ‘ English nation their handicraft ’ , which had been lost here after the departure of the Romans . |
| 3 | The Dunbars have observed only a few such fights to completion but the outcome is quite remarkable . |
| 4 | Indeed a survey found that few such sites in rural Britain over the past 45 years reached even 3000 . |
| 5 | I warrant there will be few such instances of exterminatus . |
| 6 | There were perhaps too few such women in this social cross-section of the immediate post-war generation ( 3 per cent of the age group , 40 cases in the pay regression ) for us to draw such conclusions , but similar analyses of a contemporary survey of graduates ( Dolton and Makepeace , 1986 ) also indicates that male graduates in their early thirties were doing considerably better than women . |
| 7 | In the land where the moose roam free , few such codes of practice apply . |
| 8 | He even suggested that a few such representatives from outside the government might be co-opted on to the State Council , the supreme bureaucratic body beneath the Tsar . |
| 9 | In practice , the rules regarding the treatment of incidents of serious disorder remain largely untested , as there were few such occasions during the experiment . |
| 10 | Seen against a plain , bleak background , most disruptive patterns fail miserably , but there are few such backdrops in nature . |
| 11 | ‘ To a man without a job a few more houses on a field or a few foreign accents in the local pub seem a price worth paying for prosperity . |
| 12 | He had said he might be late , after all , and she decided to snatch a few more moments of privacy to recharge her batteries in the one place in the whole luxurious house where she was able to relax and feel she was her own person . |
| 13 | He studied the English copy for a few more moments before dropping it into the shredder . |
| 14 | I need a a few more tablets of the yellow ones , the . |
| 15 | ‘ Now to look on the bright side of ffeatherstonehaugh 's , I 've a few more lines of Rochester for you : |
| 16 | Right as far as that writing see if I want you to remind me that 's where we 're up to next lesson and I shall give you a few more notes on that to explain about how it happens ten thousand times . |
| 17 | While Rain used it Oliver did a few more chores in preparation for leaving the flat , finishing by packing their bags . |
| 18 | ‘ We have a few more surprises up our sleeves , including a sky diving team who will arrive with the match ball from 5,000 feet , ’ explained club official Gavin McCullough . |
| 19 | In the succeeding Mesozoic era there was an initial radiation of the reptile class at the start of the first period , the Triassic , with a few more radiations in the following Jurassic . |
| 20 | But now , for the man who serves the famous … it 's back to serving the public of Swindon … after all John Reynolds has a few more strings to his bow . |
| 21 | ‘ By adding a few more pounds to your overdraft ? ’ |
| 22 | A few more inches to the right and the shot would have been fatal . |
| 23 | as if the fancy and unnecessary packaging which manufacturers use for Christmas gifts is not enough , we then destroy a few more forests to encase them in acres and acres of wrapping paper . |
| 24 | And Nick , just before you go , I said before you came on ‘ Abingdon Town clear at the top , but they do have they have played a few more games in their chases ’ , but I gather the results elsewhere went your way today . |
| 25 | ‘ While you were following your own pursuits this morning , I set a few more wheels in motion . |
| 26 | Just a few more upsets like yesterday 's and the Tote 's all-time record of £½ million could be in danger . |
| 27 | I 'm sure he 'd got a few more bits of paper on his desk than what shall we do about P E Ps ? |
| 28 | Malpass had told me a few more bits of the story ; not enough to know what was really going on but just enough to make me feel uncomfortable . |
| 29 | now if I was to go there and back that 's eighty pence , I mean I could get , for , for that e extra eighty pence I could get a few things in there that are dearer but I mean I like going down the town anyway and just wander and go back but I do get a few more bits in there now than I did . |
| 30 | The researcher who collects data on everything under the sun , just because it seems so easy at the time to ask a few more questions about this and that , usually rues the day when the analysis of all the answers has to be carried out . |