Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Well , I did get a bit depressed at times … and I got through a few pairs of shoes . ’
2 It has n't been a disastrous trip for me , but I got in a few times without going on to a really big score . ’
3 And I knelt for a few moments , head buried in my hands .
4 I escaped with a few scars and I have no doubt that my greatest support was the knowledge that I was n't economically dependent on my family .
5 I meditated for a few seconds , concentrating on my breathing , immediately aware of how shallow it was .
6 It was just a fantasy I nurtured for a few years as I puffed and panted my way through the ten-foots and alleyways of downtown Hull .
7 so I managed for a few weeks and then I went to lodge with my sister at Trimley
8 I thought after a few times she 'll stop and she 'll accept it .
9 I went to a few shops , including Iceland , and to the George pub on Bondgate .
10 He was like as close as that and he was really staring and he was n't staring at the road cos as I went on a few feet he stared at the car again .
11 With a sigh I went on a few steps further to George 's office and found him as I 'd expected , fully dressed , lightly napping , with worked-on forms pushed to one side beside an empty coffee cup .
12 And I learned after a few weeks that how he got this was There was no weather forecast as we know them now you know on the television .
13 I rowed on a few yards and anchored for the sixth time .
14 So I went back to alight indicator , pulled down only a few inches , which was enough to allow the bream to suck the bait to their lips , and then I paused for a few seconds while I watched the line from the rod-tip tightening in the water .
15 So I stayed on a few weeks and erm then I went back to London
16 Mr Barker said he had n't insisted that the customer should produce a banker 's card because she lived within a few doors of the shop .
17 It was n't until she got within a few yards of him that he realized it was Maisie .
18 She passed within a few feet of an arrow slit from which a light showed , but she was too far away to see into the room where the verderers were .
19 She drove for a few minutes in silence , then she said , ‘ You know what I 'm going back to ? ’
20 As she came within a few yards of it , however , a shudder passed down its spine , and it rolled over , showing its face to the sleet .
21 She started with a few pounds , about four thousand pounds which she managed to wangle from the local bank manager , a great vision , an enthusiasm but very little experience .
22 Finding she could n't push the pram up the slope , she thought for a few seconds and then tried to pull it up .
23 In 1852 he moved with his mother to Sheffield , where she died after a few months .
24 Mother had been taken ill suddenly and at once removed to hospital , where she died within a few days .
25 She struggled for a few moments until , overcome apparently by shock , she lost consciousness .
26 She lay for a few moments watching the patterns it made on the ceiling .
27 You slipped over a few times but you got up alright did n't you ?
28 She leaned for a few minutes on the stone parapet overlooking the river , shading her eyes against the glitter of sunlight on the water and feeling its warmth soaking into her bones , before crossing the road and plunging into the narrow streets of the old town .
29 ‘ Mm , that 's better ! ’ she said after a few mouthfuls .
30 ‘ It 's good , ’ she said after a few moments .
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