Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [verb] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I rung them again and said it was dangerous and they came out more or less straight away and did the few holes at the top . |
| 2 | He went indoors and returned a few minutes later with the shoe box . |
| 3 | Instead they were marching backwards and pausing every few steps to fire steady and effective volleys at their French attackers . |
| 4 | Beatrice looked round carefully once more and named a few Lionisers . |
| 5 | They join the Army to get guns , and they 're always in trouble for possessing one illegally or swiping a few rounds of ammunition . |
| 6 | On her way out she paused , reaching up to slot the dā telo branch between the stones above the lintel , and the bull lowered its head threateningly and took a few steps towards her as if it was going to lunge . |
| 7 | But jobs were hard to find and he decided not to resign then but to wait a few weeks until he found another job . |
| 8 | So there was always room to run down there and do some work for somebody else and earn a few shillings , that road . |
| 9 | One night , after I had cooked her supper , I went upstairs and packed the few things I possessed in a cardboard box and came downstairs and announced I was leaving . |
| 10 | erm you know kind of er call that a first draft and then sort , you know , sort of try and sort of go through the books again and stick a few references in to back up the points you 've made so you can see it relates to other people 's evidence erm trying to go through it again and knock out the well you know what I mean kind of statements and , and , you know , you can gradually sort of make the er grad you know sort of but again it 's , it 's , it 's one of these processes that I find , you know , you need to go through again and again and again to sort of get it er get it together erm so erm |
| 11 | I walked as in a nightmare , aware of nothing but the few yards of tarmac ahead and stopping every few yards . |