Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun pl] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Touch my toes a few times first . |
| 2 | On their first date she had shown Preston , with nonchalant pride , the scars where she had slashed her wrists a few days after her nineteenth birthday . |
| 3 | It flaps its wings a few times to lift itself off the ground , then simply rises up , using whatever thermals and air currents it comes across . |
| 4 | Lifted and dropped his shoulders a few times , he 'd seen people do it when they tried on clothes in stores . |
| 5 | She could look back down on her twenty-two years and see a tall handsome man , and she recalled his words a few minutes ago , ‘ Sorrow does n't last . ’ |
| 6 | The catering department at the Dome Leisure Centre , Doncaster , refitted its kitchens a few years ago and , with its suppliers ' advice , chose equipment which anticipated the five degree temperature requirements . |
| 7 | Paris could hardly believe its ears a few days later when Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau entered the Salle Pleyel , exactly 40 years after his Parisian début , to sing Die Schöne Müllerin with ( once past the buffeted consonants and fatal eruptions of ‘ Das Wandern ’ ) a mezza voce intact , and a sensitive response to the warmhearted suggesting from the piano of Christoph Eschenbach , that one could hardly believe possible ( and more astounding still in that immense hall ! ) . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ After I lost my keys a few weeks ago a locksmith replaced the tumblers but it was n't enough to stop the door being opened . |
| 9 | After looking out into the daylight , it took my eyes a few seconds to adjust . |
| 10 | It took his eyes a few seconds to get accustomed to the gloom then he darted inside and ducked down behind a rusty skip close to the door . |