Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [to-vb] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Amidst the unhilarious mayhem , a bespectacled and wide-eyed Dustin managed to time a few gags well , but became swamped by the strained and desperate elements of the ridiculous plot .
2 Sharpe tried to save a few seconds by vaulting the banister .
3 At the end of the meal , Dominic came to have a few words with me .
4 Robert tried to marshal a few facts about twelfth-century Iran .
5 Her father 's eldest sister , the aunt who now had the villa near Ravello where Sophia hoped to spend a few days after the visit to Rome , was in some ways very much like an older version of Penelope .
6 They were close up to the car when the brown-haired man of average build left his car and Ven Gajdusek halted to exchange a few words in Czech with him .
7 Anne managed to get a few days off work during his ten-day leave , and as he had few relatives to visit , they were able to spend blissful hours alone .
8 After the presentation of the well-deserved awards by the Sunday Times ' editor Andrew Neil , TEC director Les Bell rose to say a few words .
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