Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [verb] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose that many of you will have heard about my motoring experience a few weeks ago as I was travelling from Winfrith to Harwell . |
| 2 | My wife died a few months ago . ’ |
| 3 | And there was nothing for my father had a few drinks you know and he 'd come home and he he 'd just come he 'd he 'd b be whistling coming up the street you know . |
| 4 | My aunt asked a few questions , and ascertained that the lady 's pain was originating from her lower right abdomen — the general area of her right thigh up to the right side of her stomach . |
| 5 | Without it , my version occupied a few seconds under fifteen minutes . |
| 6 | I intended to take my camera to take a few pictures of the Mao under wraps , apparently for a ‘ spring cleaning . |
| 7 | I think my dad had a few differences with them on the upbringing of his children . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It 's just that my mother lives a few miles away from there , in Blindenhall . ’ |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the Japanese , with relatively few elements of their three-million strong army , achieved more rapid success than they had expected : by 11 January 1942 they had occupied the Celebes ; on 4 February the Allies on Amboina surrendered ; on 15 February Singapore fell , and on 19–20 February Timor was invaded , the main force of its defenders surrendering a few days later . |
| 10 | her , her mum was having him , but she had a , her mum had a few things to do , so |
| 11 | She had her blood test a few weeks ago . |
| 12 | Certainly not as well as her books sold a few years ago . |
| 13 | She had even let Doc Threadneedle into her greymass to plug a few loops , although she did n't want too much done in there . |
| 14 | With Anne , to think was to act and when her father appeared a few minutes later she said immediately , ‘ Dad , Maureen has a friend who 's had to give up his house and live in a crummy room . |
| 15 | The guards behind Rincewind backed away , and their captain took a few paces to the right . |
| 16 | Men from the SAS and Delta Force infiltrated a number of towns and cities during the war , and Saddam Hussein himself told several of his visitors that the SIS ( or M16 , as it is often called ) had sent in three Pakistani agents to attend the Islamic conference which Iraq summoned a few days before the UN deadline . |
| 17 | She slid open a fitted wardrobe to their left to reveal a few suits and pairs of trousers hanging from a rail . |
| 18 | The fact is she ran away from her home in late 1962 and her mother heard a few months later that she was living as a common street girl near King 's Cross Station . |
| 19 | Her death rated a few lines in the papers , but the full significance of her passing went unreported . |
| 20 | At a more modest level , the office of clerk of the works at Middleham was filled by a Westmorland man , Michael Wharton of Kirkby Thore , whose home lay a few miles from Gloucester 's lordship of Penrith . |
| 21 | At a more modest level , the office of clerk of the works at Middleham was filled by a Westmorland man , Michael Wharton of Kirkby Thore , whose home lay a few miles from Gloucester 's lordship of Penrith . |
| 22 | His eyes went a few degrees cooler . |
| 23 | The Colonel went towards the road to press forward the attack down the main street , a grenade that fell between his feet putting a few splinters in his hand , after he had dived for cover , and seriously wounding his runner . |
| 24 | For a sickening moment he swung wildly on the rope and one of his feet slipped a few inches down the wall . |
| 25 | His father died a few months after his birth and his grandmother then ruled as regent . |
| 26 | As he put his hand in his pocket to withdraw a few coins he knew that he was lost . |
| 27 | His voice lowered a few octaves . |
| 28 | She had behaved like this when his grandmother died a few months before . |
| 29 | The illusion had lasted long enough to make her accept his invitation to spend a few days away as a reward for all her hard work at the shop . |
| 30 | We had our water tested a few weeks back and everything was fine . |