Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] a few [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett whispered a few words and the friar looked up sharply and nodded . |
| 2 | Out-half Wilson missed a few penalties but two much possession was wasted by continuous needless kicking . |
| 3 | Jack hit a few shots and when the headmaster had disappeared around the corner he strolled down to the green and dropped three or four balls into the hole ‘ just to make sure ’ . |
| 4 | The Tremaynes owned a few acres where Tom , disabled since the First World War , grew early tomatoes and potatoes and , in peacetime , daffodils . |
| 5 | Victor Frankenstein died a few hours after he had written his last word . |
| 6 | listened to transmission from the Kittyhawk and Bill offered a few suggestions as Dick became familiar with his mount . |
| 7 | Knight bannerets of the king 's household stopped them but Cranston muttered a few words and they let him by . |
| 8 | So Barry greased a few palms and set up a day at the Foss Island Waterpark in Brandsburton , North Yorkshire . |
| 9 | We did some of the old songs and Carl wrote a few things that we did new . |
| 10 | Ciaran said a few words and presented the prizes to the winning teams . |
| 11 | Miss Bedwelty arrived a few minutes after they did and they all piled into the factory . |
| 12 | There was a polite shunting of chairs to make space for an extra one , and Eliot managed a few pleasantries while Shildon looked thoroughly annoyed by the intrusion and Harbury could not contain his delight . |