Example sentences of "[adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former vice-president of Liber and managing director of Almqvist & Wiksell Förlag , Maria Curman , left her posts suddenly a few months ago . |
| 2 | I 've been off for three or four time before for long a few years and |
| 3 | If the spider is not to be seen , try tapping the web gently a few times . |
| 4 | Igfets have strange characteristics , which mean that they are not much use at frequencies of below a few kilohertz . |
| 5 | The excellent road system of the greater Belfast region means that Jordanstown is merely a few minutes ' drive from the capital , allowing students to take advantage of the social life and the living accommodation available in the city . |
| 6 | The excellent road system of the greater Belfast region means that Jordanstown is merely a few minutes ' drive from the capital , allowing students to take advantage of the social life and the living accommodation available in the city . |
| 7 | At present it 's merely a few planks covering a narrow part of a stream further along this track . ’ |
| 8 | I never forgot his face , and sure enough a few nights later his aircraft was one of those that failed to return . |
| 9 | Such obtuseness would have been common enough a few years ago . |
| 10 | I took down a few reference numbers from a noticeboard headed ‘ Cleaning ’ and then waited for my turn . |
| 11 | All the matches are wet , so we cram down a few handfuls of cheese and boiled sweets . |
| 12 | CAME 'S BEAUTY stems from being built in the palest of pale Portland stone , arguably the finest building stone in Britain , quarried over the down a few miles towards the sea . |
| 13 | Out into the spooky snicket and down a few yards towards the churchyard . |
| 14 | Even if I allow him to scribble down a few paragraphs of his own fiction ( and I do not see why I should ) it still follows that any words he might write must in the first instance be composed by me . |
| 15 | She had to take a walk down a short corridor from the main hallway , go down a few steps to the kitchen . |
| 16 | I jotted down a few extracts from The Boyfriends . |
| 17 | When the temperature cooled down a few minutes later Gallacher headed to the referee 's dressing room to apologise . |
| 18 | Up and down a few more hills . |
| 19 | Two thousand years ago a sex manual written in China laid down a few guidelines for gauging a woman 's sexual characteristics from a careful study of her face . |
| 20 | Jess said , climbing down a few rungs . |
| 21 | Slugs can be a menace in the greenhouse in winter so put down a few slug pellets . |
| 22 | Listen to talks — read articles — then jot down a few headings on what message is being conveyed . |
| 23 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 times . |
| 24 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 25 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 30 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 26 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 30 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 27 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 28 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times . |
| 29 | Great that we 're making a few bob at last ; I 've bunged down a few more ideas for old Clash songs we could flog to various fee-paying customers . |
| 30 | For now , let's begin by jotting down a few ideas for sequences to make a Christmas movie . |