Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mother had been taken ill suddenly and at once removed to hospital , where she died within a few days . |
| 2 | He persuaded her to bring her husband home , where he died within a few weeks . |
| 3 | I would suggest that you build in a few nice easy open questions at the beginning of the session . |
| 4 | Let me read you two or three other verses from that same book of Hebrews that we read from a few moments ago . |
| 5 | It 's not like the prayers that we heard about a few weeks ago , from Paul 's letters to Timothy and Philemon , where he was addressing an individual . |
| 6 | ‘ Tata 's two assistants know everything there is to know about the trade , and I suspect you 'll know even more than they do within a few months . |
| 7 | Although he qualified for a few regional events , in fact he was aiming much higher : he wanted a crack at the Open Championship . |
| 8 | An alternative is that it consists of a few per cent silicates , all the rest being iron-rich compounds such as FeS and FeO , which have densities between those of metallic iron and silicates . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , I did get a bit depressed at times … and I got through a few pairs of shoes . ’ |
| 10 | Er this is just one that I wanted some stuff and I said to a few people |
| 11 | And I learned after a few weeks that how he got this was There was no weather forecast as we know them now you know on the television . |
| 12 | And I knelt for a few moments , head buried in my hands . |
| 13 | It was n't until she got within a few yards of him that he realized it was Maisie . |
| 14 | Melissa found its clean , uncluttered lines at once calming and uplifting , and she stood for a few moments just inside the door , absorbing the tranquil atmosphere . |
| 15 | If she walks within a few hundred yards of this building , she will see young people , whom the Government have deprived of benefit , sleeping rough and begging on the streets because of the total indifference of people such as the hon. Lady and Conservative Members . |
| 16 | Oh yeah yeah I would imagine so but I w er maybe it 's maybe you become a member if you go to a few of their and they get to know your faces or something and then you apply but I do n't really know . |
| 17 | If you wait for a few minutes , and it really can be that long , you might be surprised to discover that Windows un-freezes of its own accord . |
| 18 | On the telephone , I was greeted with a very friendly and hearty ‘ Well … well … well ! ’ and we chatted for a few minutes as if there had been no break in our contact . |
| 19 | She laughed , and we talked for a few minutes longer . |
| 20 | Joe made room for me with the same amount of good grace he might have afforded an enemy invading his castle and we sat for a few minutes without speaking , inspecting the view . |
| 21 | Well , it was actually started by a few railway men , th right opposite Street there used to be hand laundry , and then there was a row of houses , from there , running up to the corner of Street where the club stands originally , but in the beginning it was just a row of small houses , and it started with a few railway men having a meet holding the meetings in this house , in these houses , and I 've got very dim memories of how it actually started but it was a real event when they were first , before they actually built the club it was run in the row of houses that ran from up Street as I say there was a little hand laundry corner of Street heading onto Street on the left hand side was the greengrocers , and that , they kept that greengrocers for as long as I can remember . |
| 22 | because there must be some give and take in the deal and the Purchaser would probably proceed on the same terms even if it knew of a few minor breaches — the Purchaser should not be able to bring a claim after completion for those kinds of problems ; |
| 23 | I do n't mind if he reads for a few minutes but that 's it . |
| 24 | It has n't been a disastrous trip for me , but I got in a few times without going on to a really big score . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But you parted with a few to find out where I live . |
| 26 | He looked expectantly at Sarah , but she sat for a few seconds before speaking . |
| 27 | Not only that , but he went for a few shots , bravely teasing back the initiative from Mushtaq and Waqar . |
| 28 | Mr Barker said he had n't insisted that the customer should produce a banker 's card because she lived within a few doors of the shop . |
| 29 | The University 's Alumni Office can provide help and advice to groups , whether they consist of a few friends who meet informally from time to time , a group from a particular department or year who wish to arrange a special reunion , or a more established society like the ones described on these pages . |
| 30 | This perennial plant 's big , bold , green clumps , measuring 90cm/3ft high and the same in diameter , grow even bigger and more productive before they deteriorate after a few years ' growth , and are then best replaced . |