Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Germans had no illusions about the military effectiveness of their principal ally , and at first they agreed to accept only a few divisions of the Alpini , the specialist mountain troops who could hold their own with any in Europe . |
| 2 | I tried to come off a few times , y'know , off me own bat , like , but there was too much of it around . |
| 3 | The kind of boat fishing at sea that I 've always done has had quite a few fathoms below the boat , but here the water was clear and only a few feet deep , we were certainly less than one hundred yards offshore . |
| 4 | The river has curved round and Odd-Knut has drawn up a few metres from the edge of a very steep drop . |
| 5 | I believe that I will always remember it , even though it was quite a few years ago and even though it has recurred quite a few times since . |
| 6 | I 'd expected to last only a few minutes before my first ducking but the gentle wind was perfect for getting used to the moves . |
| 7 | Thanks to Peterborough 's Hospital at Home ( HAH ) system , Jessica has spent only a few days in the local district hospital . |
| 8 | Kayley Desmond , 14 months , had suffered three respiratory attacks where she suddenly stopped breathing over a few hours , Nurse Maxine Motley told Nottingham Crown Court . |
| 9 | In the twilight the water , gushing and frothing , looked a long way down but the sound it made felt only a few feet below . |
| 10 | Had he forgotten how they 'd parted just a few hours earlier ? |
| 11 | But he said all he did was people he 'd met quite a few times now , they say that you know like cos he 's very funny , he comes out with me , god Sally what 's the matter with you , you 've been drinking or something , I said no , that 's how he is he 's not |
| 12 | Er but I used to tell people and they you know people near me that had a lot of children and er they 'd moan and groan about it , I heard one woman say erm , she 'd had quite a few children and I I 'd been in hospital and I said er , er a certain person that 'd had a baby had lost it . |
| 13 | The film 's message — the continuing success of this homespun cottage industry with a modern technological core — seemed borne out a few months later when the company won a Queen 's Award for Export ; over a three-year period they had increased exports six-fold . |
| 14 | The Prince 's Youth Business Trust , which gives grants and loans to disadvantaged young people hoping to start their own businesses , is looking for volunteer business advisers prepared to give up a few hours a month to help the youngsters get their projects off the ground . |
| 15 | Of course , if I 'd waited just a few months , I could have had anyone I liked . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , Colin was a terrific help once we 'd thrashed out a few problems , ’ she said modestly . |
| 17 | James was in every respect the kind of driver Alexander would get along with and that their enterprise did not finish so very far from winning , and failed to win not a few times only through misfortune — or the injustice of fate , speaks creditably of an underlying seriousness that they rarely allowed to show . |
| 18 | ‘ We would like to go over a few points relating to the Livesey murder , ’ Bragg said evenly . |
| 19 | What I would like to do with the financi financial commentary , is because it is , is an historic document , I would like to pull out a few plums which we can team brief . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't think that professionalism as such should have a place within the playing side of the Association , ’ states the Dungiven clubman , ‘ We play for pure enjoyment and recreation and if along the way we manage to pick up a few honours , then that 's great . |
| 21 | Little mini and run it for a year , run the engine ru non stop for a year and it 's going to use quite a few gallons . |
| 22 | Before concluding I would just like to put down a few words on permission and such like . |
| 23 | Those who have read Mr Clark 's prose with mounting impatience might like to point out a few lessons to him : 1 ) mention the book early on ; 2 ) avoid the clichés ; 3 ) forswear dodgy phrases , like ‘ pied-piper 's trail of opportunity discarded ’ , which really mean very little . |
| 24 | You will find it much easier if you can bring yourself to take the very positive attitude that today the two of you are going to share just a few hours of life together : time that can never come again . |
| 25 | Karl Gesner has had to swallow quite a few blows to his ego over the last few days . |
| 26 | At first his visit was intended to last only a few days . |
| 27 | An individual GP probably gets to see only a few cases of Meningitis in his career . |
| 28 | A Mr Carey ( with his girlfriend ) began squatting there a few months later , and offered to pay rent which amounted to an acknowledgement of title , but this was refused . |
| 29 | Heinrich and Martha walked through this world , which was fated to last only a few years before the spell was broken , like a prince and princess . |
| 30 | But if you thought about the order that you test , then , if something does n't work , you may only have to go back a few steps and re-test . |