Example sentences of "a [det] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that that 's a little thought that I have , a gut feeling you know an instinct erm that might be an area that could be chosen concentrated on this year . |
| 2 | A few knew about Marley and Talking Heads . |
| 3 | There was a buzz of expectation about them and quite a few seemed to be smiling and jolly . |
| 4 | Social workers in the study had ‘ grave reservations ’ about the fund and a few felt it was quicker and easier to apply to charities for help . |
| 5 | While a few felt that the social workers , were helpful and supportive an equal number considered them to be patronizing and authoritarian . |
| 6 | Quite a few wound up in the private labs in Switzerland . |
| 7 | Nowadays , quite a few recognised him , and seemed to bear him no grudges . |
| 8 | The numbers were reduced to nine the following year , as it was generally felt that it would be better to hold them every other year and quite a few indicated they would be prepared to take part on a biennial basis . |
| 9 | A few admitted that there had been excesses . |
| 10 | The scattered crowd drew closer together and listened quietly , but when he gave his warning about the Riot Act , glances were exchanged , a few grinned openly , and a wit called out , ‘ They must know the law here — that is why they have all stayed at home . ’ |
| 11 | Three or four dropped into the darkness and choc ice wrappers , dead ; a few fluttered aimlessly to rest around us ; some took off into the vast space above . |
| 12 | A few sensed the power of Callanish and went there as the creatures did and felt the peace . |
| 13 | It seemed unlikely that the undertaker had troubled sufficiently about those who survived him to take such precautions , but no one could speak with confidence of what had passed through the mind of this man whose deepest preoccupations seemed to be represented by a few scored lines in a medical book and a little bundle of poems . |
| 14 | As a result , a few agreed to install nurseries . |
| 15 | A few opposed the proposals on the ground that they gave international sanction to an undemocratic regime , but it was the more nationalist elements which were particularly vocal , and there was a broad measure of support for their sentiments . |
| 16 | A few fought back and a few folks died , |
| 17 | He looked over the women in the ship 's dining room , just checking , a few glanced his way . |
| 18 | A few developed a liking for the racecourse and as it had been drummed into them to dress correctly for every occasion , somehow they managed to provide themselves with the obligatory long trailing gowns by lending each other clothes and accessories ; they appreciated the elegance of their suave escorts in tail coats and top hats . |
| 19 | Many men and women lived into their sixties , and a few lived to be eighty or more . |
| 20 | There is a scattering in Berkshire , especially in Wantage hundred ; most resided within the county , in the towns of Abingdon and Newbury in particular , though a few lived as far away as , for instance , Salisbury . |
| 21 | Everyone else made do with hired aircraft — usually C150s though a few chose the locally built Aero Boero , a Piper Cub lookalike . |
| 22 | There is an enormous literature in Russian on the Decembrists ' Siberian exile which accurately reflects the powerful impact which these ‘ first enlighteners of the Siberian people ’ had on the scientific investigation and cultural development of the region with which so many of them came to identify themselves , and where not a few chose to remain after they were eventually amnestied by Alexander H. Just as their initial , ill-fated rebellion marked the beginning of the nineteenth-century Russian revolutionary movement , so did their exile beyond the Urals open a new phase in the history of political exile in Siberia and of the on-going battle between the radical intelligentsia and the autocratic Russian state . |
| 23 | Dr Graham was , as you might expect , most eloquent and , when he appealed for people to come forward and dedicate themselves , quite a few got up and went towards the screen just as though he was really there . |
| 24 | A few expressed their regrets , apologies etc. that they had not ‘ been as active in the past as I would have liked ’ . |
| 25 | Only a few obeyed . |
| 26 | A few wore breastplates and helmets , but the metal was dull and dinted , and their clothes too were stained and poor . |
| 27 | Friends at Camberwell were often impressed by Kylie 's wardrobe and a few realised her secret — she had made most of the outfits herself . |
| 28 | A few became aware of specific disadvantages suffered by women in a sex-segregated labour market and within their unions : for them there was a dawning of gender consciousness . |
| 29 | A few went home . |
| 30 | A few went abroad to Catholic countries but most merged fairly easily into the new order . |