Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We half expected them to come back a few days later , but they have never returned to the barn we prepared so painstakingly for them , although they are still sometimes seen in the vicinity . |
| 2 | Somewhat naïvely , I had expected it all to be sorted out then and there , but the chap just took my name , gave me a form to fill in and told me to come back a few days later for a full interview . |
| 3 | I got quite a few things in there . |
| 4 | I got quite a few kicks out of doing that . |
| 5 | This gave me pause , and when I returned to the hut I tried out a few grins into a hand mirror , and decided he was quite right ! |
| 6 | ‘ I found out a few weeks ago that the canon there says prayers for John every day . ’ |
| 7 | In the water I found only a few coins because the beach dropped off quite steeply into the water , making it difficult to detect . |
| 8 | Fortunately , the corner hedge of an adjacent field was in a direct line with the site , so I moved forward a few paces , switched on my metal detector and started swinging it in an arc before me . |
| 9 | Well that was kept by fella called and they could get the beer off-licence , although it was n't , it was n't so far to the Old Naked Inn and then there was a pub on the corner of , I ca n't remember the name of that because they 've opened it too young to remember pubs in them days but er , apart from the off-licence there was no actual public inn on Street , there was off-licence , as I say just a few yards down was the Old Naked Inn and there was a pub on the top of just on the side of . |
| 10 | Peach leaves being unavailable in my strip of London back garden , I used instead a few drops of real almond essence , towards the end of the cooking , when the juice and sugar are on the boil . |
| 11 | I woke up a few times and got Mum out of bed all bleary-eyed and irritable in her nightie telling her a bogey-man was after me . |
| 12 | ‘ At first I was the only guest wearing it , but I noticed quite a few others following suit . ’ |
| 13 | Er we just kept them on and there 's I know quite a few schemes have stopped working but we 've still got them written down somewhere |
| 14 | Just got to get to get the sentences , oh I know quite a few words |
| 15 | At first I heard only a few calls ; within ten minutes , at least twice as many animals were calling , and , by circling about the pool , I observed that a steady stream of spadefoots was coming from all directions to the breeding area . |
| 16 | I pulled up a few tufts of grass and covered the blood . |
| 17 | I think I settled down a few years back . |
| 18 | Well , she thought , it wo n't be difficult to judge how right I am , if I pay out a few yards of line for him . |
| 19 | I saw quite a few artists whom I wanted to represent on the trip . |
| 20 | Tyler and I go back a few years . |
| 21 | As a personal contribution to the stability of British industry ( who on earth invented that one ? ) may I pass on a few nuggets of advice : |
| 22 | I gave up a few years ago . ’ |
| 23 | I think just a few times |
| 24 | I bought quite a few medicines actually . |
| 25 | I worked at City Motors and I stayed there for seven years I had quite a few jobs before that but I liked that one . |
| 26 | I waited around a few minutes and had a chance to talk with Tony Dorigo and met his mother who works in the Digital office in Birmingham . |
| 27 | I jotted down a few extracts from The Boyfriends . |
| 28 | Er , delegates , I think sometimes conferences are held in a bit of a vacuum , you know , here you are in , in the hall , in the Guildhall er outside in the City of Portsmouth so can I say just a few words about Portsmouth . |
| 29 | No , I will not ; I have only a few minutes left . |
| 30 | I know that I have only a few hours left to live , but I can feel my loved ones near me , and I welcome death . |