Example sentences of "few [noun pl] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keep a few cans in store for whizzing up quick and nutritious meals for the family |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I mean the view that astronomers and most scientists and people who are interested in astronomy had was that there might be a few molecules in space , probably not very many , but if there were they would be very , very simple , probably one or two atoms , perhaps things like water , perhaps things like ammonia , and things like methane — molecules with a large amount of hydrogen attached to them and in fact a thermodynamically staple species . |
| 4 | Still at school but has already played a few times in midfield for youth team . |
| 5 | It may have been necessary for Jesus to have eaten a few fishes in order to survive in first-century Palestine , but it is not now necessary to feast on the bodies of dead animals in order to be healthy . |
| 6 | I agree but I think that anybody who speaks in public , you have nervousness beforehand and the moment you go to talk to the people you know what you 're going to say , you have a few notes in front of you and you talk to the people , if that is your job . |
| 7 | The very few cases in point suggest that his confidence would not be misplaced . |
| 8 | Having spent the last few minutes in preparation for the strain of an interview with Davout , Thiercelin almost visibly relaxed . |
| 9 | In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat ! |
| 10 | ‘ I was thinking of a smoke myself , ’ he said , his eyes fixed on the pouch , as if staring it down , ‘ if I had a few minutes in hand . ’ |
| 11 | They walked for a few minutes in silence . |
| 12 | He turned on the guards who held Harry between them , and looked at his prisoner for a few minutes in silence . |
| 13 | She drove for a few minutes in silence , then she said , ‘ You know what I 'm going back to ? ’ |
| 14 | There are few joys in life to compare with that of stepping on the scales and discovering that you weigh measurably less this week than you did last . |
| 15 | Do you think you have a few views in common with your workmates or do you think that when you 're talking things come out that you kind of like minded about things , maybe because of the job you 're doing , and the place you work in , you know like maybe like politics or something , |
| 16 | I needed to share all your life , not just a few hours in bed every night . ’ |
| 17 | He spent only a few hours in prison ; but when he was released the heads of all the foreign missions in London ( except that of Sweden , which was then at war with Russia ) accompanied him to his house in a demonstration of solidarity and next morning visited him to promise their support . |
| 18 | Sat and glowed with satisfaction for a few hours in silence , studying their effect . |
| 19 | ‘ All that remained was to kill a few hours in town , so I went to visit an old friend . |
| 20 | SEPARATED BY just a few miles in distance and a few hours in time , the West 's most powerful central banker and the Soviet prime minister were yesterday at one : immediate and full scale price reform would only confront the Soviet Union with runaway inflation . |
| 21 | There are few opportunities in school life for pupils to do this . |
| 22 | Time was when there were few books in English on the law of the Communities . |
| 23 | And , and it is th one of the few shops in town where you can buy food , where people who have n't got cars , do n't go out to Clifton Moor or somewhere , and it , so just a suggestion please that |
| 24 | As semiconducting material , he uses a thin transparent film of not particularly pure ( and cheap ) titanium dioxide particles , each no more than a few nanometres in size . |
| 25 | She came back slowly , thoughtfully , and stood a few paces in front of him as she lit up . |
| 26 | Crowninshield walked a few paces in silence until he was standing under the palms which edged the lagoon . |
| 27 | Nathan laughed and ran a few steps in front of Ari , turning back to bow . |
| 28 | ‘ The young man you saw merely exchanged a few words in English with me , and his arm was on the back of the seat — not cuddling me ! |
| 29 | And I now know at least a few words in Greek , Italian and Portuguese ! ’ |
| 30 | A few words in Spanish had been painted on the tack-room roof . |