Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [det] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it did , and the batsmen made the most of the conditions . |
| 2 | ‘ No , Dad , I told a few of the lads … . ’ |
| 3 | The menacing tone of Luke 's voice caused a few of the men at the bar to stiffen expectantly : they could sense trouble coming . |
| 4 | Wayne 's film reworked a few of the episodes to form a fictional drama set in 1963 . |
| 5 | He expected no less for the children in the classroom . |
| 6 | Corbett quietly prayed no wit would cap his remark with some repartee , and blushed as he heard a few of the sisters giggle . |
| 7 | It was as if he were a sheet of paper torn into many little pieces which she felt she had to cover entirely with her hand , but could not , however hard she tried , because the wind always blew a few of the pieces from between her fingers or from the edge of her palm . |
| 8 | I wished I knew a few of the answers . |
| 9 | I knew a few of the Marines . |
| 10 | And Paul did the same for the churches he founded , handing down the Christian tradition not impersonally but as inherited truth within the context of relationship . |
| 11 | He turned the bag upside down and dumped everything onto the floor , and then he did the same for the drawers and for the wardrobe . |
| 12 | He did the same to the soldiers ' barracks and police stations ; there may have been time for the policemen to read seventy-five years ago but not today . |
| 13 | He tasted it , and then he put a few of the sachets in his pocket . |
| 14 | These illustrated the some of the changes which gave taken place in the local street scene over the years . |