Example sentences of "[vb past] a [adj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , Dad , I told a few of the lads … . ’ |
| 2 | The menacing tone of Luke 's voice caused a few of the men at the bar to stiffen expectantly : they could sense trouble coming . |
| 3 | Wayne 's film reworked a few of the episodes to form a fictional drama set in 1963 . |
| 4 | A puff shook a glittering from the thorns , |
| 5 | To his left Corbett heard a slithering on the cobbles . |
| 6 | Almost as he spoke they heard a crashing in the bushes at the top of the ridge above them . |
| 7 | Corbett quietly prayed no wit would cap his remark with some repartee , and blushed as he heard a few of the sisters giggle . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I wished I knew a few of the answers . |
| 10 | I knew a few of the Marines . |
| 11 | At about the same time ( July 1956 ) Lord Rothermere decided to sell most of his 50 per cent Daily Mail stake in Associated-Rediffusion ; and he sold the remainder when he took a third of the shares in the new South/South-East franchise holder , Southern TV , in 1958 . |
| 12 | He tasted it , and then he put a few of the sachets in his pocket . |
| 13 | And when we had a down near the banks dyke and it was fenced round and we used to carry the hens down there at night in a sack on your back . |
| 14 | but erm , had a little with the children 's Christmas presents |