Example sentences of "[vb pp] a few [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new , Kixx-produced packaging tells you all you need to know about the controls and special weapons ; it even included a few tips on baddie bashing , but gives no idea as to how you came to be doing it or why ! |
| 2 | Amelia had left off quoting from the wit and wisdom of her favourite mass murderers , done a few lines of cocaine , and started to whizz around the room . |
| 3 | She was not in the habit of ogling men , and although , over the past few months , she had accepted a few invitations to dinner or the theatre , none of her dates had even remotely magnetised . |
| 4 | On Boxing Day I had accepted a few spoons of gravy , but only after considerable coaxing from Mick , having refused it twice already . |
| 5 | He has also missed a few internationals through injury . ’ |
| 6 | She smiled down at him and realized that in the few weeks he 'd been with her he had not only put on weight but had grown a few inches in height too . |
| 7 | His name was Roger , and he 'd made a few stabs at conversation in the course of the night . |
| 8 | Jocelyn on the other hand would have preferred a few irregularities in life and so was leaving to live in a battered wives hostel . |
| 9 | Others may experience a light-headed sensation as if they have had a few glasses of wine ; a few fall into a deep sleep ! |
| 10 | we have had a few successes in spite of this uncaring government , and feel that it has been worthwhile to protest . |
| 11 | ‘ And we 'd only had a few months of marriage . ’ |
| 12 | They , they 've suddenly had a few outbreaks of polio have n't they ? |
| 13 | Meurdesoif , whose firm agreed to pay a £1,250 fine , claimed he had only had a few drinks with lunch on a cross-channel ferry . |
| 14 | Well , they 'd had a few weeks of mystery , of secrets kept and of wrong conclusions avoided . |
| 15 | We were more used to being given a few cans of lager and that was it , ’ says Solowka . |
| 16 | Most of them were accorded pseudonyms ( ‘ I will call her Sylvia ’ ) and given a few lines of narrative , where their function was little more than to illustrate our hero 's appetite and prowess . |
| 17 | Derek says … they 've broken a few boats in testing … they 've been building prototypes for the last six months and have been putting in hours at sea to make sure everything is right |
| 18 | Just put Webby on the right-hand side of midfield and put little Gary Crosby up the middle where he 's played a few times for Forest . |
| 19 | Still at school but has already played a few times in midfield for youth team . |
| 20 | The English had not taken any important part in this ; voyages from Bristol at the end of the fifteenth century had reached a few points in North America and had opened up cod fisheries off Newfoundland , and in the 1550s London merchants had used the northern searoutes to start trading with Russia , but most of the nation 's energies overseas in the first half of the sixteenth century had been devoted to the last and least rewarding of the attempts to conquer France . |
| 21 | ‘ The young man you saw merely exchanged a few words in English with me , and his arm was on the back of the seat — not cuddling me ! |
| 22 | And that has ruffled a few feathers at Shire Hall . |
| 23 | It may have been necessary for Jesus to have eaten a few fishes in order to survive in first-century Palestine , but it is not now necessary to feast on the bodies of dead animals in order to be healthy . |
| 24 | The England ‘ A ’ sweater of Hugh Morris deceived many entrants , while his Glamorgan and England colleague Steve Watkin also posed a few problems of identification . |
| 25 | The club have , inevitably , hit a few patches of turbulence along the way but , apart from their defeat at Oldham in the Lancashire Cup , nothing too damaging . |
| 26 | He 'd play a couple of quiet rounds and then when it got hectic and everyone else wanted to be playing , he 'd stay away from the course and just hit a few balls in practice . |
| 27 | I mean , who has n't learned a few Sultans Of Swing licks ? |
| 28 | Additionally , in this particular case there is another problem — since the shot is being taken a few minutes before sunset , the light is weak , and demands a long exposure . |
| 29 | Additionally , in this particular case there is another problem — since the shot is being taken a few minutes before sunset , the light is weak , and demands a long exposure . |
| 30 | By half past ten , Deirdre ( Molloy ) Kavanagh had parted with all her little triangles of tricoloured pastry , taken off her apron , drunk a few glasses of champagne , told several guests that broccoli was out of fashion , and was busily engaged in conversation with a television journalist who had just returned from making a programme for Charles in Iran . |