Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | ON A DAY when many people are wondering how to make a few bob out of water , somebody else showed how to make millions , in the worst possible City fashion . |
| 2 | Old longline and squid jigging vessels are re-equipped with inexpensive nets instead of being retired , and are sent out to return a few more seasons ' profits . |
| 3 | One theory is that the oil has sunk , and is drifting in globules a few metres below the surface of the water . |
| 4 | The boy was killed instantly and Ballantine was seen later crying a few yards away from his body . |
| 5 | It was decided instead to select a few films from each of a number of categories ( i.e. types of driving situation ) and thus ensure that within each category there was enough similarity to create sufficient potential distractors for each target . |