Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd obviously picked up a few tips from the paperbacks , because he spun these stories out like a kid pulling on chewing-gum . |
| 2 | ‘ She only arrived here a few days ago , when her uncle died . |
| 3 | You have only to give in a few times ( out of many when you stick to your planned ignoring ) to lose the battle . |
| 4 | At first the simple machines available could only detect down a few inches , and — amongst other operating difficulties — encounters with tufts of grass caused them to constantly give off false signals . |
| 5 | You could indeed , you could indeed it it reinforces a point does n't it , so I mean I so went back a few times with the flipchart yesterday with things that we need to re reinforce yes ? |
| 6 | One has to try and explain what it is we are about and why we 're doing it and , if necessary , perhaps point out a few distinctions that may exist , for instance , between the professional and the amateur scene , not that I like using those words because I think they 're fraught with all sort of potential misunderstandings . |
| 7 | And you 've only worked here a few months ! ’ he said . |
| 8 | This is a matter of constantly exploring out a few yards on almost every circle to try to find the best possible area of lift . |
| 9 | Even a picture measuring 30 × 25cm ( 12 × 10in ) , which is large enough to display quite a few flowers and takes a fair amount of skill , would only need a backing 30cm ( 12in ) square , so ½m ( ½yd ) of material could be enough for about eight pictures , depending on the width of the material . |
| 10 | We mere peasant members are asked , in practice if not in theory , merely to murmur reverentially a few names of a few decent people into a few of the proper ears , who will then look after everything for us . |
| 11 | Sergei and Anton , from Chernobyl , too shy perhaps to speak even a few words in their own language . |
| 12 | Vincent 's aim , naive though it now seems , was to turn out drawings presentable enough to bring in a few francs . |
| 13 | I normally lose just a few pounds , Bobby . |
| 14 | The drop down to half-moon Rhossili Bay below me was almost sheer , and the sea was striped with shimmering blue and white as endlessly long parallel lines of surf moved in slow motion towards the expanse of sand , on which I could just make out a few figures as tiny specks . |
| 15 | The schedule designer must for every be putting himself or herself into the respondents ' shoes and trying to imagine what it would be like to be asked this question by a stranger who just turned up a few minutes ago out of the blue . |
| 16 | Competitions vary but normally last only a few minutes . |
| 17 | Steel shutters barricaded most of the shops and those that were open displayed only a few boxes of tired vegetables and strings of plastic toys . |
| 18 | If you could just jot down a few ideas that . |
| 19 | He faced the challenge of Dunluce , a 6860-yard , par 73 giant that had already brought quite a few players to their knees , among them title favourite Phil Tataurangi . |
| 20 | The voltage on the power panel which the Object Management Group has planned for its Object World expo later this month just went up a few notches : Lotus ' John Landry could n't make it so they got Sun 's Bill Joy as a substitute . |
| 21 | Government and national accounts business unit manager Stewart Oldroyd , claimed that the company has already signed up a few orders prior to the official release , the most significant of which is with the National Bank of Hungary . |
| 22 | ‘ Can you just come forward a few steps ? |
| 23 | ‘ I thought perhaps this year , if I just rustle up a few quiches , buy some French bread — ’ |
| 24 | The blow was so crippling because confidence had already taken quite a few knocks . |
| 25 | Just put up a few pictures and so on . |
| 26 | ‘ I was just clearing up a few points with Dr Blake . ’ |
| 27 | He 'd already burned quite a few wallfuls , and had come down , under protest as much to keep Ajayi happy as anything else . |
| 28 | When a police car arrived , one man hopefully pointed out a few spots of blood on the pavement , mentally drawing a chalk circle round them and marking off the area with official police tape . |
| 29 | e ) Sudden changes of pressure in the ears when clearing them , either on ascent or descent , can produce in susceptible pilots a strong feeling of disorientation , usually lasting only a few seconds . |
| 30 | Most people can usually recall only a few numbers when these have two figures in them . |