Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb past] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Horacio Bento Gouveia 's writings include romantic novels set in Madeira and , although he died a few years ago now , he remains the best known of Madeiran writers . |
| 2 | Midway through 1906–07 Archie was deployed at right-back in the Palace line-ups , although he had a few outings on the right wing , and he played throughout our fabulous progress to the FA Cup quarter-finals . |
| 3 | Deane was playing well out of position acting as a left wing , to such an extent that he got a few crosses in during the first half . |
| 4 | However , when one of the assembled men had suggested that they could have used more men , Springfield had assured them their numbers would be quite sufficient for the job in hand , adding enigmatically that he had a few aces up his sleeve which would reduce the odds against them . |
| 5 | When Molly Gibson in Wives and Daughters ( 1866 ) has been to visit the Towers , her father declares that he had expected to find her so ‘ polite and ceremonious ’ that he read a few chapters of Sir Charles Grandison in order to bring himself up to concert pitch . |
| 6 | ‘ So he had a few puffs before he grabbed her round the neck and got on with the job … ’ |
| 7 | The delay gave Uncle Fred breathing space , so he packed a few things , walked the four miles into Salisbury , caught the train to Portsmouth and joined the Marines . |
| 8 | ran away from it you see and then when he came back he came to us and he growled a few times at it , so , but erm , backed off you know |
| 9 | The exact words , er I ca n't recall but er I talked the man out of the bed , still with his hands up and he took a few steps away from the bed . |
| 10 | We got a geezer come to the door you know yeah , and he took a few particulars you know . |
| 11 | I used to work with him in my mother 's shop — he worked there for twenty-five years , until he died a few years ago . |
| 12 | At last in 1854 Forbes was duly appointed to the Edinburgh chair , but he died a few months later at the age of only thirty-nine ; there was a general feeling that he had worn himself out with drudgery , and that success had come too late . |
| 13 | When he died a few days later Philip called off the invasion . |
| 14 | There was a long silence , apart from the creaking of Mr Nightingale 's chair as he swung a few degrees either way , frowning down at his desk top . |
| 15 | Lucille , her face paled by fear , held d'Alembord 's arm as he walked a few paces into the room and bowed primly to Christopher Manvell . |
| 16 | Tom 's latest acquisition is EMF 's Unbelievable and he makes the song as much his own as he did a few years ago with Prince 's Kiss . |
| 17 | But her host 's calm demeanour as he scribbled a few notes and went on to the next call calmed her fears . |
| 18 | He walked down the quay without looking back , but he must have known I was watching him for he stopped a few yards short of his car and very ostentatiously took the incriminating chart from his jacket pocket . |