Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw Best play a few times . |
| 2 | I mean you 've got to try and keep yourself afloat , and then even that 's not going to help you , if nobody comes along and picks you up either , so I mean that But I mean I I did n't Oh well I Suppose I could say I gave up hope a few times but obviously if you s The struggle to survive comes through in the long run , and I mean it 's it 's not easy to give up hope , |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think a few crocuses in Hyde Park are going to make much difference , ’ Estabrook said . |
| 4 | Dana and I had already spent a few weekends in Madrid , travelling by bus via Avila through wonderful country . |
| 5 | There had been a delay in building it , so that I had only managed a few hours ' practice in the streets of Salford . |
| 6 | ‘ It had been a quiet day and I had only caught a few small dace and then my rod thumped round . |
| 7 | I had once given a few lessons to a nun at a convent not far from where I lived , so that I was slightly known there . |
| 8 | Finally , before anyone reminds me that there is a further important predatory invertebrate group , the Echinoderms , I had better add a few lines . |
| 9 | Although I had now done a few television interviews , I was still a relative novice and there was so much that I wanted to get across to all the people watching . |
| 10 | Right , okay , my boudoir , I 've just seen a few things together . |
| 11 | I 've just had a few drinks . |
| 12 | Yeah I was doing their printing for them and er I 've also taken a few shots for the Chronicle . |
| 13 | Incidentally , I trust that the fretwire used is up to scratch ; I 've recently seen a few Korean guitars with very soft fretwire which would probably need a re-fret after only a short time . |
| 14 | I 've still got a few spares . ’ |
| 15 | You 'll have to excuse me now , I 've still got a few things to see to before my audience arrives . |
| 16 | I 've still got a few odds and ends that are late |
| 17 | I 've only got a few books on differentiating . |
| 18 | Oh I 've only had a few . |
| 19 | I have also enclosed a few of the papers I referred to at the beginning of the meeting , plus a travel claim form which you are welcome to use . |
| 20 | I have probably missed a few esoteric cuisines and no doubt some of the possibilities you 'll see chalked up on the blackboard or down in the menus , but you 've got the general idea by now . |
| 21 | I have since found a few other resorts like Argentiere . |
| 22 | I have only selected a few examples of deducing modes of life from these fossils with two valves ; the examples could be multiplied many times . |
| 23 | Well I have only got a few courts , |
| 24 | ‘ You 'd better break a few rules . ’ |
| 25 | " You 'd better collect a few more like that : then you can make a notice board and frighten Fiver . |
| 26 | ‘ The young man you saw merely exchanged a few words in English with me , and his arm was on the back of the seat — not cuddling me ! |
| 27 | You throw your line out , you do n't get a few just biting . |
| 28 | Drying time : wearable within the hour after drying in a warm room — if you do n't mind a few minutes of clamminess at the obvious places where the material is thicker such as the pockets and waistband . |
| 29 | So you 've obviously dropped a few marks on that . |
| 30 | If you only get a few ideas , you 've only got a few things to look at . |