Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb -s] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier manmetric studies of the UOS in children used perfused sidehole pull through methods with sedation , an approach that only gives a few sample values of UOS pressure and these are influenced by the effects of sedation and stress . |
| 2 | So that probably explains a few things . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the list of Confluent words which follows disregards the stances involved , which number almost nine thousand and are all named , and merely offers a few definitions , some of which must be regarded as tentative . |
| 4 | As a male sets out along a branch , he leans over sideways , lifts one of his back legs and carefully expels a few drops of urine on to the sole of his foot . |
| 5 | Gerd gulps down the food , and then coughs a few times , each time a little louder , and exhibiting a little more distress . |
| 6 | Accounts of the boring behaviour ( e.g. Fretter and Graham , 1962 , p. 245 ; Fretter and Graham , 1985 ; Carriker , 1969 , for Urosalpinx ) describe how the animal alternately places the ABO in the hole and then makes a few rasps with the radula . |