Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [vb past] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never having read a word of Norse ( Old Icelandic ) before , Lewis plunged in and attempted a few lines of Laxdaela Saga . |
| 2 | After a while Ollie jumped down and sat a few feet away . |
| 3 | Cast on and knit a few rows , then preselect from right to left and press both part buttons |
| 4 | Cast on and knit a few rows of stocking stitch in your main yarn ( that is background yarn ) . |
| 5 | Using main tension and waste yarn , cast on and knit a few rows ending with carriage at left . |
| 6 | Using main tension and waste yarn , cast on and knit a few rows ending with carriage at left . |
| 7 | Cast on and knit a few rows with the finer yarn and put the weaving brushes into working position . |
| 8 | Using main tension and waste yarn , cast on and knit a few rows ending with carriage at left . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She hurried off and returned a few minutes later with a tiny white gown . |
| 11 | ’ ‘ ard to bruise a ‘ tato , but even ‘ arder to sell a bunch of grapes that 's been picked up and dropped a few times . ’ |
| 12 | She gave a slight , sad smile , stood up and took a few paces round the bedroom . |
| 13 | She took his details , cleaned his face up and put a few butterfly plasters over the cut . |
| 14 | She walked rapidly back to the hotel and collected her car from the parking area , then drove back and parked a few cars ' lengths from the boatyard . |
| 15 | One night , he recalls , he sat alone in the Commons library when David Owen passed by and returned a few moments later with David Marquand . |
| 16 | The alluvial soil on which the city stood was frozen all year round but thawed a few feet down during the summer . |