Example sentences of "[v-ing] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Near the summit of the pyramid was a category of semi-educated members numbering a few thousand occupying subordinate positions : most of these were previously non-political residents or nationals of the Soviet Union or had links with the Chinese communists . |
| 2 | If possible , either the hall porter or receptionist will escort the guests to their room offering to carry any hand luggage and walking a few steps ahead to open any doors . |
| 3 | Andrew was always with her , walking a few steps out of her reach . |
| 4 | Night fell , and after walking a few more miles down country roads , they finally arrived at an old house standing alone by a river . |
| 5 | His work affects me the same way — which is why I bought that painting a few years ago . |
| 6 | Such cults , whilst satisfying a few do not meet the paramount need of humanity as a whole . |
| 7 | " And the hair as other hair , " said Frederica loudly , scandalising a few bystanders , amusing a few more . |
| 8 | And what 's really wrong with knocking a few of the rough edges off your partner ? |
| 9 | I said I would make them a hundred butterfly cakes , and they either they 'll eat them or they 'll sell them , and I 'll hav I 'll try and have them ready for when rings up at half past one and if they sell them and she brings me any I would n't mind knocking a few more up for tomorrow , but I 'm not gon na give them all |
| 10 | Later he started sheep farming , employing a few of his old workers . |
| 11 | Knowing him , he is already keeping a few options open : polishing up his cover-drives and even experimenting , after watching Mushtaq , with legspinners and googlies . |
| 12 | Keeping a few cards up your sleeve . |
| 13 | In 1979 he published a paper showing that the perception evoked by stimulating the skin or the neural pathway between the skin and the cortex was reported by the subject as occurring a few hundred milliseconds before the cortical ERP was sufficiently complete to generate that perception . |
| 14 | According to the government , many households could cut their fuel bills by 20 per cent or more by adopting a few " straightforward and inexpensive " measures . |
| 15 | The sun is setting now , midnight sun ending a few weeks before , but it only disappears for an hour and even then it leaves behind its mark of golden twilight . |
| 16 | He made for it , taking a short cut through the carpark adjoining a few prefabricated sheds that called themselves the Hawkwood Industrial Estate . |
| 17 | Preparing for this Assembly involves much more than booking a few halls and sending out invitations . |
| 18 | It shows how little the FBI really understood about film production that their proposals to improve the situation focused on increasing the quantity of production , rather than stimulating a few high-quality pictures that might promote British prestige abroad . |
| 19 | Some day the boffins 'll make games with massive levels , innovative features , loads to see and do , much more than blasting a few planes and balloons . ’ |
| 20 | Richard had only been climbing a few months , but he was as strong as an ox and had no respect for tradition ( he did n't know all the horror stories ) . |
| 21 | For attractive flowering and fruiting plants , it 's worth potting a few rooted strawberry runners this summer . |
| 22 | After driving a few miles along what seemed an endless avenue of poplars we crossed the Taro , at this time of year a dry riverbed , by a long bridge with marble statues of reclining river gods and goddesses at either end . |
| 23 | I would like to thank them all for their gifts and their good wishes , ’ said Dorothy , who is looking forward to cultivating a few hobbies now that she has more time . |
| 24 | Knowing stories of hostile spirits as they did , the first hearers of the story would naturally , after gaining a few more of the details , have identified the assailant as the demon of the wadi . |
| 25 | Vologsky increased his pace , momentarily , gaining a few feet so that he could look back at Kirov 's grim face . |
| 26 | Slicing a few large pieces of bread , he put one on the end of a long fork . |
| 27 | Other features of Gnosticism especially objectionable to orthodox teachers were the radical dualism of spirit and matter , the determinism which assured a small elect minority of salvation with everyone else being predestined to annihilation , perhaps worse , and the tendency to merge myths and cults , incorporating a few Christian elements with adaptations of Mithraism , astrology , magical spells , and anything else lying to hand . |
| 28 | With the benefit of experience , the authors feel that a more sensitive , qualitative approach , possibly incorporating a few standardised items , would have been better than using standardised scales for the difficult task of assessing depression and dementia in elderly people . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | A few minutes later she parted from him and , weathering a few pleasant glances , went back to her office . |