Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [verb] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One evening , David , Barry , Christina and John Hutchinson were all sitting in my front room and talking about what we could actually do to earn some money It was suggested that we might go down to one of the local pubs which held regular jazz nights , to see if they had an evening free and perhaps we could run a folk club just one evening a week and maybe charge people to come in and make a few pennies for ourselves . |
| 2 | But er we shall be without him for the next fortnight erm so somebody 'll have to come in and score a few goals for us but often you know , you discover things that erm you never knew were there when you have to fill in gaps that have suddenly arisen . |
| 3 | Never having read a word of Norse ( Old Icelandic ) before , Lewis plunged in and attempted a few lines of Laxdaela Saga . |
| 4 | After a while Ollie jumped down and sat a few feet away . |
| 5 | BELFAST jockey Pat McWilliams is beginning to settle down and ride a few winners since he returned from England before Christmas facing an uncertain future . |
| 6 | And they would all come through and stay a few nights with |
| 7 | He went indoors and returned a few minutes later with the shoe box . |
| 8 | Anyone who did n't get his leg over and smoke a few joints was n't in it as a normal human being . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ In the Oxford of the late Sixties , anyone who did n't get his leg over and smoke a few joints was n't in it as a normal human being ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Spray paint that over and wait a few minutes . |
| 11 | After casting on and knitting a few rows , you just need a couple of minutes from time to time to go back to the machine and change the punchcard or pattern number . |
| 12 | At the Chalk Farm stop an attractive , freckled schoolgirl , about sixteen , in a smart navy uniform and white blouse , had got on and sat a few seats away . |
| 13 | Cast on and work a few rows stocking stitch ending with carriage at right . |
| 14 | Cast on and knit a few rows , then preselect from right to left and press both part buttons |
| 15 | Cast on and knit a few rows of stocking stitch in your main yarn ( that is background yarn ) . |
| 16 | Using main tension and waste yarn , cast on and knit a few rows ending with carriage at left . |
| 17 | Using main tension and waste yarn , cast on and knit a few rows ending with carriage at left . |
| 18 | Cast on and knit a few rows with the finer yarn and put the weaving brushes into working position . |
| 19 | Using main tension and waste yarn , cast on and knit a few rows ending with carriage at left . |
| 20 | The Hunters moved with a distorted slow-motion gait through the corridors of the abandoned station , occasionally taking off and flying a few metres . |
| 21 | Dieter went off and returned a few minutes later with the information that Marie-Claire never came in on a Wednesday because her children 's school was closed on that day . |
| 22 | She hurried off and returned a few minutes later with a tiny white gown . |
| 23 | Beatrice looked round carefully once more and named a few Lionisers . |
| 24 | They join the Army to get guns , and they 're always in trouble for possessing one illegally or swiping a few rounds of ammunition . |
| 25 | All he had to do was get up and walk a few steps and he could escape it all . |
| 26 | ’ ‘ ard to bruise a ‘ tato , but even ‘ arder to sell a bunch of grapes that 's been picked up and dropped a few times . ’ |
| 27 | She gave a slight , sad smile , stood up and took a few paces round the bedroom . |
| 28 | She took his details , cleaned his face up and put a few butterfly plasters over the cut . |
| 29 | You should put it in your building society and then draw it out and get a few bob on it . |
| 30 | Occasionally , when she came over from England with Neil , they 'd go out and take a few pigeons on a Sunday morning , but his heart was n't in it . |