Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My God , for 15 years I 'd written nothing but a few songs . ’ |
| 2 | This is me , I goes , I goes I 'll let it slip this time cos you have n't seen me for a few weeks . |
| 3 | I 've seen her for a few minutes , but now they 've taken her to be X-rayed . |
| 4 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 5 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 6 | One example in Torquay , Devon , has proven itself over a few years . |
| 7 | ‘ Twice you have surprised me within a few minutes , Mr. Preston . |
| 8 | I do nt think they ve had one for a few years . |
| 9 | The Provisional IRA have also used it on a few occasions . |
| 10 | If she has had it for a few years , there will be another bonus in that it will mature before the end of your mortgage term , saving thousands in extra interest payments . |
| 11 | You 've had it for a few years too . |
| 12 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
| 13 | She laughed silently at herself ; she had only known him for a few hours , and here she was , assessing his character as if he were an old and true friend . |
| 14 | It 's ridiculous — I 've only known him for a few weeks . |
| 15 | ‘ You 've only known him for a few months ! ’ |
| 16 | I 'll would outgrown it within a few months . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , I did that , ’ she told him flatly , ‘ but if that was your intention which I doubt , do n't you think it might have been kinder to have left me with a few illusions ? ’ |
| 18 | She would have passed me by a few feet , perhaps not noticing me . |
| 19 | It 's quite a while now since I 've bored you with a few observations about our friends the dumb animals who share their lives with us on the planet and the more you observe them the more convinced you become that they 're anything but dumb . |
| 20 | A 13-month-old London boy drowned when he fell off a ‘ topple-proof ’ bath chair while his mother had left him for a few moments . |
| 21 | That reminds me : I asked whether he 'd heard anything within a few minutes of seeing young Hamnett , hoping he 'd say a shot , of course , which really would have been too good to be true . |
| 22 | ‘ To have banned him for a few months would have been one thing , but to take him to court and ban him for life seemed to defeat the object of the exercise . ’ |