keletas ingilizce:

She owns few books.

Of all the books published recently, only a few are worth reading.

A perfect knowledge of a few writers and a few subjects is more valuable than a superficial one of a great many.

Few, if any, Americans grasped the significance of what had been accomplished.

Hundreds of people marry each year who have known each other only a few days or weeks.

Having a few extra batteries handy is never a bad idea.

A few people mentioned they would like to attend some sessions later in the day on the Technical Session Agenda.

He'll be groggy for another few hours until the drug wears off.

Tom hoped that Mary would consider visiting a few art museums with him.

No matter how much you try to convince people that chocolate is vanilla, it'll still be chocolate, even though you may manage to convince yourself and a few others that it's vanilla.

After a few weeks, doctors made Cleveland a new jaw out of hard rubber.

A few years ago it would have been inconceivable for Japan to send troops overseas.

She has eight dogs. That's quite a few.

A few months later they return to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.

Call me every few days, and in that way we can keep in touch if something happens.

We bought some fruits.

It would be presumptuous to call myself his replacement, but I could offer some guidance.

What are some high cholesterol foods that you can easily avoid eating?

I think it's a shame that some foreign language teachers were able to graduate from college without ever having studied with a native speaker.

As a prank, some students let three goats loose inside their school after painting the numbers 1, 2 and 4 on the sides of the goats. The teachers spent most of the day looking for goat number 3.

Some students neglect their studies in favor of sports.

Some Italian fashion designers are saying that white bathing suits will catch on this year.

While some private and church schools in America have uniforms, they are not common.

Some non-native speakers think they speak the language better than native speakers.

Yesterday my bicycle was stolen while I was doing some shopping.

Though I mainly work as a studio musician, I do a little busking to make some extra money.

The police conducted an offensive against some drug dealers.

My love for you won't let me tell you everything. Some things are better left unsaid.

In order to get some information about Japanese economic problems, you'll find this book very useful.

Every person has a psychological need to feel that what he does is of some importance.

several times

As a result of the accident, several passengers were killed.

During the past several years, many Japanese have been either killed or injured while traveling overseas.

John helped himself to several pieces of pie without asking.

The women's college had a very small car park, and as several of the teachers and students, and many of the student's boyfriends, had cars, it was often difficult to find a place to park.

An unbreakable walnut in Bern has taken several casualties: 17 nutcrackers, 29 teeth, and a hammer.

As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and the fall of dusk.

In Germany today, anti-violence rallies took place in several cities, including one near Hamburg where three Turks were killed in an arson attack on Monday.

I made several calls to Mr Yamada's residence, but no one answered the calls.

Improper grounding can make a microphone lethal to touch. Several singers have actually died this way.

The house isn't huge and it's on about two-thirds of an acre, and when we first bought it I spent several hours every week getting the lawnmower fixed and cutting the lawn, in that order.

In Singapore, one method of punishing criminals is to whip them, or hit them several times on the back with a cane.

It is more time-efficient to do several tasks sequentially than attempt to do them simultaneously.

Translate a sentence several times from one language to another and you'll find yourself with something totally different from the original.

Several years ago, in the course of being interviewed for a job, I was introduced to a competitor for the position.