Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] a few [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett whispered a few words and the friar looked up sharply and nodded . |
| 2 | The journalists asked a few questions and got no real answers and the old Monsieur le Président , who had presided so long in his own way at the top , shouted and banged his fist before leaving the room . |
| 3 | In the box Boy kept a few books and a lot of letters ; apart from his clothes these were about the only things he had in the flat that were his own . |
| 4 | The boarding-school had a few pets and we were allowed to look after them in our free time . |
| 5 | She knew that although the shop stocked a few overalls and smocks and even some children 's clothes and sheepskin jackets , it was the long dresses with their wonderfully romantic feel and yards of material in the skirts , that the cognoscenti came to buy . |
| 6 | Out-half Wilson missed a few penalties but two much possession was wasted by continuous needless kicking . |
| 7 | Peter Allis has turned golf into a kind of harmless interview where public figures hit a few shots and chat about themselves . |
| 8 | Jack hit a few shots and when the headmaster had disappeared around the corner he strolled down to the green and dropped three or four balls into the hole ‘ just to make sure ’ . |
| 9 | We did so , heaving and pushing until the bed moved a few inches and I saw the slight scorch mark on the stone floor beneath . |
| 10 | The back line made a few errors but there was n't anyone on the Southampton side able to take advantage . |
| 11 | Knight bannerets of the king 's household stopped them but Cranston muttered a few words and they let him by . |
| 12 | The crowd threw a few rocks and dispersed . |
| 13 | So Barry greased a few palms and set up a day at the Foss Island Waterpark in Brandsburton , North Yorkshire . |
| 14 | Ciaran said a few words and presented the prizes to the winning teams . |
| 15 | The Port Ellen Sacred Harmony Class sang a few anthems and Miss Shaw played the piano . |