Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb past] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Nutcracker suite in this charming 17th-century inn is so called because the low-ceilinged doorway has an exposed beam which has caught out the unwary and cracked a few heads in its time . |
| 2 | Today ( a wet Monday ) he was up as usual at 6.30 and had a few cornflakes and a pint of coffee . |
| 3 | The stranger fell ill and died a few days later . |
| 4 | He was haemodynamically stable but had a few episodes of haemoptysis , and there was macroscopic haematuria . |
| 5 | When put to bed he appeared nearly lifeless and died a few hours after . ’ ) |
| 6 | When the girl 's parents denied the engagement , the boy was beaten unconscious and died a few hours later in hospital . |
| 7 | All this under a Tory Government which admits its PSBR is to be double that proposed a few months ago . |
| 8 | But the dressmaker had obviously decided it was too plain and added a few frills to liven it up a bit . |
| 9 | Disconcertingly , April muttered something incomprehensible and moved a few steps away from them . |
| 10 | The right of the painter to move around an object and combine various views of it into a single image , first stated in writing by Metzinger in 1910 and elaborated a few months later by Allard , was quickly adopted by most critics as a central feature of the style , and became related to the conceptual or intellectual aspect . |