Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] [verb] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Melissa drove a pale and silent Rose back to the auberge , and Dora followed a few minutes later .
2 Hill and Whitlow taking a few chances in their own half and finally Whitlow 's dispossessed and it comes to Collimore .
3 I did not see the production until the following Christmas , when it contained an amusing touch which I imagine John must have added that year , after Leonide Massine had revived The Three-cornered Hat at Covent Garden : Hansel and Gretel danced a few steps with a bunch of grapes , a good-humoured quotation from the dance of the miller and his wife in Massine 's ballet .
4 Rugs employing this scheme are becoming increasingly rare and , although it may still be found on some workshop items , the only group to use it with any regularity are the Abadeh weavers of south central Persia , India and Pakistan make a few rugs in this design .
5 Jenny and Antony moved a few inches further apart , then giggled at each other because of the involuntary movement .
6 The survey — ‘ mapping the universe ’ — which Geller and Huchra began a few years ago is not yet complete but they have seen enough to conclude that ‘ the size of the largest structures we detect is limited only by the extent of the survey ’ .
7 She wrote that she would prefer not to come home , but Tony and Maureen got a few days ' leave and travelled to Kent to see her .
8 Cameron and Menzies collected a few names for their lists of contacts — the tall old man , who came from Camusvachan in Glen Lyon , the red-haired MacLennan brothers from Foss .
9 listened to transmission from the Kittyhawk and Bill offered a few suggestions as Dick became familiar with his mount .
10 ‘ My dear Tom spoke of the place as an undeveloped shambles with Matt living there alone , although I 've now heard that he and Silas accommodate a few guests .
11 We 've been together a long time and people in the band like Paul and Mark and Gaz have a few things to prove themselves .
12 We did some of the old songs and Carl wrote a few things that we did new .
13 The Mexico–Australia , Paraguay–USA , and Paraguay–France matches a few years ago were other notorious examples .
14 Crewkerne , the nearest post town , was the frequent destination of other walks , and on one occasion Wordsworth and Dorothy continued a few miles further to take in Hinton House , the home of Earl Poulett .
15 There was a polite shunting of chairs to make space for an extra one , and Eliot managed a few pleasantries while Shildon looked thoroughly annoyed by the intrusion and Harbury could not contain his delight .
16 Knight bannerets of the king 's household stopped them but Cranston muttered a few words and they let him by .
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