Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [prep] a few " in BNC.

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1 As in the earlier books , the bravura set-piece dominates , and the most memorable concerns the crates in which the Portuguese have packed up their belongings , and which were eventually shipped out of Africa — Kapuscinski was to stumble on a few of them in Portugal , sunk , as it were , in the sand .
2 Obviously Duncan was calling in a few debts .
3 ‘ The shot that killed Garland was fired at a few minutes past ten .
4 However , until quite recently , the possibility of making recordings in Britain was dominated by a few large companies involved in manufacturing and distributing records as well as originating them .
5 Finch was one of the most famous cellists in Europe , and Henry was known to a few as his accompanist .
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