Example sentences of "[adv] a few [noun pl] [coord] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Only a few hours and she would be with him again .
2 There are just a few questions and we 'll let you go back to the Vicarage .
3 Just a few questions and I 'll leave you in peace . ’
4 He was alone for just a few minutes and I made my offer .
5 and Clifford , no Clifford said , the lads to each other are we going out again dad you know cos oh Margaret was in , yes , and there was some other boys , the boy across the road was eating something and the boys said and Clifford said do you mind if I just sit in the chair and be quiet for just a few minutes and he just sat in the chair and had his heart attack
6 We 're seeing just a few cases and I do n't deny the fact that occasionally there are bullies in the Army .
7 More or less yes , just a few adjustments and it could be up and running I would think .
8 " Oh I 've been 'ere a few times and I 've heard some bleedin' awful screams comin' out of that room .
9 There are going to be quite a few discharges but I mean it was you know
10 I 've done that quite a few times but it does n't have any lasting effect , so maybe I 'd be a bad catch , ’ he says .
11 But what you do a lot I think is you know how to do quite a few things but you 're concentrating I mean here you 're thinking , Ah all I 'm doing now is where w w get the commas in the right place .
12 Er but I used to tell people and they you know people near me that had a lot of children and er they 'd moan and groan about it , I heard one woman say erm , she 'd had quite a few children and I I 'd been in hospital and I said er , er a certain person that 'd had a baby had lost it .
13 Well , er I 've got quite a few comments but I 'll ask
14 So we 've been down there a few times but I said to you did n't I ?
15 We out here on the west caost of the US ( actually a few friends and I — all LUFC supporters ) are shattered !
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