Example sentences of "saw a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 They saw a few hares , two of which the tracker managed to shoot for the pot , and there were buzzards overhead sometimes , but that was all .
2 He flicked his hand and I thought I saw a few spots of red appear on the shiny white tile beside me .
3 Unusually for me , I saw a few paintings and so on which I thought were lovely , but of course purchase is quite out of the question — and anyway we have no wall space left here !
4 They saw a few workmen on bicycles , and perhaps four cars ; and that was all .
5 The good , the bad , the criminal , the religious Nicodemus that we saw a few weeks ago , all are sinners .
6 Just as we saw a few weeks ago Zaccheus was , er , between him being up the tree and hitting the ground , that man was converted .
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