Example sentences of "[vb past] a few lines " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although Wordsworth contributed a few lines , he quickly realized that attempts at collaboration were once again bound to fail : ‘ … |
| 2 | He took up a pen and drew a few lines on a notepad — meaningless lines that irritated her as she watched . |
| 3 | Her death rated a few lines in the papers , but the full significance of her passing went unreported . |
| 4 | He scribbled a few lines on a scrap sheet to get the hang of Sampson 's cramped style , and then he started to fill in the form . |
| 5 | Today , with just over a month to go before the general election , it only merited a few lines on the inside pages . |
| 6 | She read a few lines , then made a face . |
| 7 | We recognise the face and words of Robert J. Oppenheimer , leader of the Manhattan Project which gave America the atomic bomb : " I remembered a few lines from the Hindu Scripture , the Bhagavad-Gita : " Now I am become death , the destroyer of worlds . " " |
| 8 | He fumbled in his jacket pocket , took out a notebook and wrote a few lines on a page which he tore out and gave to Rain . |
| 9 | Never having read a word of Norse ( Old Icelandic ) before , Lewis plunged in and attempted a few lines of Laxdaela Saga . |