Example sentences of "a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wife , played by Greta Scacchi , has a few secrets of her own . |
| 2 | It said , ‘ A few secrets will unfold , I enclose a letter which may help you , but please do n't think too badly of me . |
| 3 | Perhaps she , also , was leaving a few secrets and a few memories behind . |
| 4 | There have to be a few secrets between a woman and her dybbuk . |
| 5 | Rather than focusing on a few substances which are painted in lurid colours , the specialists say , the goal should be a workplace free of compulsive chemical use of all kinds . |
| 6 | There are some exceptions to this : a few substances , such as pitch and toffee , are sensitive to the rate of loading . |
| 7 | If I were a member of a species , highly evolved and perfectly adapted to a life among craggy rocks , pecking out the odd lamb 's eye , devouring a few mice , picking through a nice gamey carcass occasionally , but mostly just hovering gracefully around on thermals below cliffs , I would take great exception to being described as ‘ just ’ a crow . |
| 8 | Many European countries worry that the countries of the former Soviet Union , from which only a few emigrants have escaped since the second world war , could revert to their 19th-century role as big exporters of people . |
| 9 | Porting a 1.24 million-line C code CAE application to different machines and operating systems , including rewriting the graphics drivers , seems to have taken only about two to three man-months per port for development , and a few man-months to test before shipping . |
| 10 | The audience too seemed miles away and only a few coughs could be heard . |
| 11 | Kádár was fairly liberal in that respect , so long as a few taboos were respected , especially the role of the Soviet Union . |
| 12 | A few lumps of stone ; a matching shepherd and shepherdess plucked from Arcady , an old and battered sundial and a leaded glass cloche . |
| 13 | The first is in relation to debtor-creditor-supplier agreements where the amount owed is to be paid off in a few instalments . |
| 14 | Well she 's certainly got a few glands coming up . |
| 15 | To the relief of their European partners , the Danes decisively backed the Maastricht treaty ( with a few escape clauses ) in their second referendum on the issue . |
| 16 | He had no money in his bank account , and when he gazed about at the huge drawing-room , smaller inner drawing-room and large bedroom , he had no idea how he was to find the money to buy the barest essentials — a few chairs , a table , a bed . |
| 17 | There are , however , a few chairs on the market that improve posture while sitting . |
| 18 | He only needed the rudiments , a wooden table and a few chairs ; he was prepared to lay a blanket on the floor and sleep on that . |
| 19 | But in the massive ballroom across the way there were only a few chairs and a sideboard or two , and even on a dismal day the light had fallen on the intricate design of a wooden parquet floor and pretty chiaroscuro frescoes painted into the panels of gracefully arched walls . |
| 20 | It was empty apart from a few chairs and a couple of tables . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've run up a few debts myself , you know ! |
| 22 | Obviously Duncan was calling in a few debts . |
| 23 | Beetles , wasps , squirrels etc feed upon the leaves and acorns of the oak ; but a tree that weighs 100 tonnes may produce only a few tonnes of such provender each year . |
| 24 | Potato brown rot has only affected a few tonnes on one farm so far … but experts are keeping their eyes on it . |
| 25 | But the assumption that all morality means sexual morality is too widespread to go down without a few squawks of protest . |
| 26 | ARMED with microscopes , miniature drills and an infinite capacity for taking pains , a few palaeontologists have redrawn their profession 's picture of early life . |
| 27 | ‘ Can you hang on here for a few moments ? ’ |
| 28 | A few moments later , he returned with a mug of coffee and placed it in front of me . |
| 29 | Neither of us spoke for a few moments , then she asked : ‘ Do you mind if I stay here for a little while ? ’ |
| 30 | A few moments later she came back to me . |