Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] a few [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interviewees reported that a few service users had refused to allow their names to be placed on a mental health database . |
| 2 | One senses that a few bowling attacks are likely to feel the frustration of Smith as he works out his disappointment at missing the latter stages of the World Cup . |
| 3 | So , after much jockeying and a few power lunches ( although all three contestants for the top spot — McDonald , Stewart , and Somerville — deny this ) Trevor has got the top job and a salary reckoned close to £125,000 a year . |
| 4 | Now it merits but a few column inches in a few papers . |
| 5 | ‘ And here I was , thinking that a few hours leave was on the cards . ’ |