Example sentences of "[vb past] a few [noun pl] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day we were poking around in some sodden ashes by the rear exit and found a few slivers of celluloid with images on them . |
| 2 | Rincewind smiled politely at the stranger and tried a few words of Chimeran . |
| 3 | I squirted a few jets of milk then something blocked the end . |
| 4 | After the usual bread and jam left out by Mrs Garfitt , Toby went and played a few games of rounders with the young boys . |
| 5 | Hibs showed a few signs of life when Tweed and Weir threatened on the counter-attack . |
| 6 | He shifted his stool a little closer to Roxborough 's ; at the same time , he organized a few ounces of beer into the young man 's jacket pocket . |
| 7 | We were applauded when we reported our record , and one of the newly recruited flying students opened a few bottles of root beer by way of celebration . |
| 8 | Later , as night crept over the Rorim , they met in Riven 's room and shared a few pitchers of ale . |
| 9 | During Kimon 's absence , the democratization of the Athenian constitution was taken a stage further : the Areopagus , the upper council in the Athenian state , composed of ex-archons , was deprived of its political and legal functions , other than those which concerned a few cases of homicide . |
| 10 | I sorted out old toys into boxes , got a few rolls of carpet and wallpaper back into their places from where they 'd fallen , pinned a couple of maps back on to the sloping wooden under-roof , cleared away some of the tools and bits and pieces that I 'd used to repair the Factory , and loaded the various sections of the Factory that needed to be loaded . |
| 11 | There followed a few years of growth with turnover increasing from £11 million 1982 to £18 million in 1987 . |
| 12 | He brushed a few drops of sea water off the top of the carburettor , dabbed the float chamber full and gave Mariana a shrug of apology before kicking the starter . |
| 13 | Shivering , she brushed a few drops of rain from her face , glad when Rune returned in a few minutes in the promised taxi . |
| 14 | The birds squawked and flapped , and the very top of the bush seemed to be flicked by an invisible hand which knocked a few shreds of leaf out into the air . |
| 15 | After about half an hour 's unsteady plodding along the sand , leaving dinosaur hoofprints and a small steaming roundabout in the middle of the beach , my buffalo turned back for home , slotted a few heads of corn into his cheeks by the way of reward and let me dismount . |
| 16 | She last saw him on January 16 when he packed a few items of clothing and left home . |
| 17 | ‘ We play a very open game , sometimes to our detriment , and we needed a few slices of luck when West Brom were 2-0 up and bombarding our goal . |
| 18 | They also offered a few words of comfort to those who may have been encouraged by the church to believe their lifestyles were sinful : ‘ We can assure lesbians and gays of heaven . |
| 19 | He flicked his hand and I thought I saw a few spots of red appear on the shiny white tile beside me . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought if I planted a few seeds of jealousy in your mind it might just drive you into my arms that little bit sooner . ’ |
| 21 | I waved away his solicitations and took a few mouthfuls of air followed by some tea . |
| 22 | She took a few mouthfuls of coffee . |
| 23 | Reporters are proverbially heavy drinkers , and it took a few bottles of bonhomie with Johnny Smart before Charles could actually get down to the business for which he had come . |
| 24 | Kathleen Lavender sat on the end of her bed and wept a few tears of fear and uncertainty and regret . |
| 25 | I had a few moments of fury , a fury compounded of shame at my own stupidity , the triteness of the situation , the thought of my cottage and supper and the cosy fireside . |
| 26 | The police would have to be told about Zoe 's murder tomorrow , but tonight he had a few hours of peace . |
| 27 | ‘ I only had a few glasses of wine and I 'm sure the police waited for me . |
| 28 | Unfortunately we had a few lapses of concentration at the start of the second half and you just ca n't afford that against a team as good as Australia . |
| 29 | He was haemodynamically stable but had a few episodes of haemoptysis , and there was macroscopic haematuria . |
| 30 | How would St Jerome shape up after he 'd caught a Dinky toy in the mouth and had a few handfuls of fettucine thrust into his armpit ? |