Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [adv prt] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A trip to the blood donors may seem like a strange topic to write about in a staff magazine but it is one that took my mind back a few years to the first time my mum persuaded me to go . |
| 2 | The decorations shone on the walls and I loosened the buttons of my tunic and slipped my tie down a few inches . |
| 3 | Stopping to pick up her mail from the box on her way out a few days later , she noticed the white envelope with the Andorran postmark straight away . |
| 4 | There had also been rumours that Germany had paid a ransom to get two of their hostages out a few months earlier , and what with Germany breaking ranks , Irangate and now this suspected deal for the French hostages , British newspapers were of full moral outrage at the weakness of other countries and their capitulation in the fight against terrorism . |
| 5 | Cast your minds back a few weeks . |