Example sentences of "gone a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Led by Major Ronnie Tod , 30 men went ashore and had hardly been gone a few minutes when Dudley Clarke and the commander saw the dark outline of a boat coming in from the sea . |
| 2 | Anyway , he was gone a few minutes , and he came back smelling — you know . |
| 3 | We 've gone a few rounds and we 're still good friends . |
| 4 | I had gone a few paces when there was a loud crashing explosion behind me . |
| 5 | BT has gone a few steps further , and begun trials of its own telephone robot , capable of handling many of the routine tasks usually dealt with by its 25,000 human operators . |
| 6 | We had only gone a few steps when a voice called out from across the street . |
| 7 | I saw no signs and had gone a few miles before I saw my first human being . |
| 8 | The Officer had gone a few yards when he suddenly fell to the ground . |
| 9 | Then before I had gone a few yards I felt a tug on my back . |