Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] a few [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | As dawn appears in the sky our progress quickens ; after crossing a few fields and climbing several hedgerows we are suddenly on a road with farm buildings a short distance away . |
| 2 | Bows and arrows being the staple of every river vessel 's equipment , their archers shot back , with the wind , and had the satisfaction of seeing a few men and youngsters impaled . |
| 3 | mhm And I suppose in the old days if you actually wanted to know which books were popular and which books were not used at all , you had to a library and to painstakingly look through the shelves , perhaps , and look at the date stamps or something like that , whereas now presumably it 's just a question of pressing a few buttons and the information comes . |
| 4 | mhm And I suppose in the old days if you actually wanted to know which books were popular and which books were not used at all you had to send a librarian to painstakingly look through the shelves , perhaps , and look at the date stamps or something like that , whereas now it 's presumably just a question of pressing a few buttons and the information comes . |
| 5 | And instead of having a few puffs and , and saving and throwing two dog ends away you did n't see that , they 'd just break it in half and have half each . |
| 6 | Bets would be made out on odd scraps of paper with all the formula of doubles , ups and downs , trebles , box ups , each way bets , in fact any means of winning a few shillings and saving their stake money that could be found . |
| 7 | Now , you managed to trick us into publishing — sort of tricked Thereza — into publishing a few numbers and now you 're going to go back and see if you can produce those as fraud . |
| 8 | For a second he stood , his arms extended towards the horrified villagers , before staggering a few steps and collapsing into the flames . |
| 9 | When finance became available to complete the park in a traditional gardenesque manner , there was so much opposition that , apart from surfacing a few paths and strengthening the natural scrub , it was left . |
| 10 | For example , their report stated that syllabuses for pupils of lower attainment had been constructed from those designed for pupils in the top quarter of attainment by deleting a few topics and reducing the depth of treatment of others . |
| 11 | It was n't , blast it , one of those back seats that turn into a double bed or a discotheque just by twiddling a few knobs and wrenching your spine out of joint . |