Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [vb past] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My wife died a few months ago . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I think my dad had a few differences with them on the upbringing of his children . ’ |
| 5 | her , her mum was having him , but she had a , her mum had a few things to do , so |
| 6 | Certainly not as well as her books sold a few years ago . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The guards behind Rincewind backed away , and their captain took a few paces to the right . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Her death rated a few lines in the papers , but the full significance of her passing went unreported . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | His eyes went a few degrees cooler . |
| 15 | For a sickening moment he swung wildly on the rope and one of his feet slipped a few inches down the wall . |
| 16 | His father died a few months after his birth and his grandmother then ruled as regent . |
| 17 | His voice lowered a few octaves . |
| 18 | She had behaved like this when his grandmother died a few months before . |
| 19 | ‘ Your father arrived a few minutes ago , and is waiting to see you . ’ |