Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [pers pn] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I took the food away from her too often , though , there was a danger she would lose interest , so I had to give in to her a few times . |
| 2 | The competitive nature of public examinations was brutally brought home to me a few years ago when I was first impressed by the instructional potential of programmed learning . |
| 3 | And so she behind all the way but caught up with her a few metres |
| 4 | He came up to me a few moments ago and said ‘ Do you remember me ? ’ |
| 5 | I just barged up to him a few times during the evening and in the end he said , ‘ Alright then , let's hear you sing ’ and he was impressed . |
| 6 | I 'm glad it was one of my second-hand buys ; it only cost £10 so I suppose I 've had my money 's worth out of it a few times in the garden . |
| 7 | I 'd gone out with him a few times — pictures in Penzance , that sort of thing , and father being away … |
| 8 | Oh she knew the bloke , she 'd be she 'd been out with him a few times before right , he 's , he 's not a bad bloke but like I said like I said erm but he 's respect for her I said to her |
| 9 | and me go off , I would n't do that without really you know , having been out with him a few times . |
| 10 | ‘ However I wanted to race in Ireland and I was frustrated when the Lisburn club came back to me a few days after I had signed up for the French meeting and gave me the full details . |
| 11 | The girl in the mirror was a total contrast to the haunted image which had stared back at her a few hours earlier . |
| 12 | I 've got some bits in there for her a few kittens in there for a couple of days I , so they 'd go up , pick them up and they get left |