Example sentences of "always a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as the teds there were always a few young art school types who were interested in the idea of teddy boy style . |
| 2 | No matter where you are , there are always a few black sheep . |
| 3 | Every year when the mares come to stud , there are always a few who we initially think are quite sensible and intelligent but who then surprise us by behaving as if they are totally brainless ! |
| 4 | The whole ritual took most of them half an hour though there were always a few that gossiped so much they had to be nagged by their Head Girl . |
| 5 | As we negotiated the slippery rungs of that staircase , there were always a few interested bystanders with nothing better to do than shout encouraging remarks from time to time , but we soon learnt to ignore them . |
| 6 | But there are always a few that fit neither category , and seem most of all to require a personal answer to a specific question . |
| 7 | But while this method keeps many plant-eaters at bay , there are always a few creatures who have the design capability to deal with the toxins . |
| 8 | mountains and there were always a few |
| 9 | Sadly , it 's sold out but never take anything like that for gospel , for in my experience , there are always a few seats to be had if you take the trouble to hunt for 'em . |
| 10 | There are always a few people for whom the most obvious sequences of technical cause and effect have no meaning . |
| 11 | The cuckoo is always a few steps in the lead , because of its extraordinary survival factors . |
| 12 | In all probability there were always a few freeholders in any county who could be prevailed upon in this way to swing their votes behind a candidate who offered a guarantee of advantage . |
| 13 | The transparent shape flickers and jumps , always a few feet away . |
| 14 | John 's already stolen my thunder on the straw poll erm that I was going to do but suffice to say that we normally do that at these types of seminars and there 's always a few people in the room who put their hands up and say they 've got more than ten data sources in their organization . |
| 15 | There was another advantage late on a lunch-time in that there were always a few city slickers who had ventured north by north-west ( of the Barbican ) to try the Hoskin 's or the Holden 's bitter and found it had got the better of them , so needed a taxi back to civilization . |
| 16 | Mm , mind you I never bother , I mean if you look in supermarket , erm , you know it has er best before , and it you know it 's always a few months |
| 17 | Some people , there are always a few people who , who love it . |