Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [coord] [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never having read a word of Norse ( Old Icelandic ) before , Lewis plunged in and attempted a few lines of Laxdaela Saga . |
| 2 | She walked rapidly back to the hotel and collected her car from the parking area , then drove back and parked a few cars ' lengths from the boatyard . |
| 3 | He went indoors and returned a few minutes later with the shoe box . |
| 4 | Dieter went off and returned a few minutes later with the information that Marie-Claire never came in on a Wednesday because her children 's school was closed on that day . |
| 5 | I mean , those are just we just went out and chucked a few fucking trees down . |
| 6 | One night , he recalls , he sat alone in the Commons library when David Owen passed by and returned a few moments later with David Marquand . |
| 7 | After a while Ollie jumped down and sat a few feet away . |
| 8 | She hurried off and returned a few minutes later with a tiny white gown . |
| 9 | She gave a slight , sad smile , stood up and took a few paces round the bedroom . |
| 10 | The Admiral sat back and blew a few reflective smoke rings . |