Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I stopped working a few weeks ago . |
| 2 | I 've , I 'd got a few stares from some of the women there , I mean , there are some women there that are huge , and maybe they looked at me and thought oh I hope I can wear leggings like that one day , I mean I do n't think I look too bad in the leggings , I mean I would never have done it when I used to go to Weightwatchers when I was thirteen and a half stone , I would never of gone in leggings , no way , but it does n't |
| 3 | And I waited till I 'd got a few bit more money to put in and sort of hid it amongst all these others , mm . |
| 4 | I 'd had a few notions about being a journalist , but I think that if I 'd had Latin I might have stayed on and tried for an academic career . |
| 5 | But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like . |
| 6 | It 's actually quite a good book and I 'd had a few qualms about turning it over to Lenny the Lathe , who specializes in converting books more than an inch thick into fireproof combination lock safes . |
| 7 | By the time the highlights were on t.v I 'd had a few beers and was n't paying much attention ! |
| 8 | Jesus , it 's pathetic , but I 'd had a few bourbons … ’ |
| 9 | When my oldest son Blair said farewell sadly to the Outer Hebrides and came to work in Aberdeenshire , my wife Ann and I arranged to spend a few days there , fishing and exploring a country that neither of us knew . |
| 10 | Which , I was beginning to think , might be just what I needed to ease a few tensions . |
| 11 | ‘ I managed to save a few bob and Billy Tolboys , my mate on the docks , was telling me there is a motorbike and sidecar in Bert Midgeley 's garage in Sharpness and he reckons Bert could be persuaded to sell it . |
| 12 | By a supreme effort I managed to feed a few inches back into the vaginal opening but as soon as I relaxed it popped quietly out again . |
| 13 | ‘ I managed to win a few line-out takes and the backrow picked up a bit of their possession which pleased us as a unit . |
| 14 | But we forgot to dispose of the discarded furnishings , and six months later when I went to spend a few days with a senior Burmese colleague , he showed me with great satisfaction his small-town church , furnished with the discarded pews , pulpit , litany desks , with the collection bags being changed according to the ecclesiastical season ! |
| 15 | ( OK , so I 'm guilty of psychic breaking and entering on a massive scale , and the occasional bit of arson , but I did deliver a few villains their come-uppances when nobody else could , and I once taught a woman how to fly … ) |
| 16 | It was difficult to see him alone , but I did manage a few times . |
| 17 | I must admit I did recognize a few outfits that me and Nicola used to wear . |
| 18 | I did need a few stitches , but frequent use of the bidet helped fast healing . |
| 19 | Fortunately I do n't have to do the really dangerous stuff , buteven backstage in the wings I did have a few things falling about me on the last day in Manchester . |
| 20 | I did have a few lessons , with a lady down the dale called Annie Bayles . |
| 21 | The second pitch was n't much better , but I did find a few bolts . |
| 22 | Over the summer I did read a few books and tentatively prepare a few classes , but it was indisputably a pretty lacklustre performance on my part . |
| 23 | I liked to have a few days out in Middlesbrough , Sunderland or Newcastle but now I ca n't do this anymore and I 'm stuck in Hartlepool . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Although I had seen a few people through Plump Partners — some of whom are still great friends — romance never really blossomed for me . |
| 25 | Similar to Fitzgerald , I had retreated a few patients months to years after their initial management , but one third of patients still had symptoms of constipation 6.8 ( 2.8 ) years after initial evaluation . |
| 26 | I had heard a few comments , such as : ‘ Oh ! |
| 27 | ‘ I had discovered a few things about him that were very … hurtful . |
| 28 | On Boxing Day I had accepted a few spoons of gravy , but only after considerable coaxing from Mick , having refused it twice already . |
| 29 | I had gone a few paces when there was a loud crashing explosion behind me . |
| 30 | Then before I had gone a few yards I felt a tug on my back . |