Example sentences of "[vb past] a few [noun pl] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took up a pen and drew a few lines on a notepad — meaningless lines that irritated her as she watched . |
| 2 | He scribbled a few lines on a scrap sheet to get the hang of Sampson 's cramped style , and then he started to fill in the form . |
| 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 | There was a bar at the entrance where one paid a few marks for a drink , and behind a curtain an auditorium of perhaps twenty or thirty comfortable seats . |
| 5 | The feel of them brought him back into the attic room , to the confusion that made a few words on a piece of paper into a lifeline . |
| 6 | While Pamella flung a few things in a suitcase and scrambled off to Bali tout de suite , Fleet Street fanned out to play cherchez la femme . |
| 7 | There followed a few years as a ‘ journeyman ’ caddy , industrious years but without great success . |
| 8 | After an hour inside the school , all four spent a few minutes in a room of their own before Charles and Diana said goodbye to their sons . |
| 9 | The head put a few notes on a pad and Nails was set free , leaving the two teachers puzzled . |
| 10 | There were a great many houses in the vicinity of Hadleigh of the same sort of size as Wyvis Hall and a newspaper would be likely to describe anyone who possessed a few acres as a ‘ landowner ’ . |
| 11 | He fumbled in his jacket pocket , took out a notebook and wrote a few lines on a page which he tore out and gave to Rain . |
| 12 | At one time , I had a few carvings in a corner , away from the meat , but no one noticed them . |
| 13 | Every year , he had a few sessions with a visiting American analyst and there were occasional visits to a local one . |
| 14 | He wanted a few answers to a few riddles . |