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

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1 It passed a few minutes later .
2 We passed a few minutes in the exchanges that usually pass for conversation between people who know each other slightly and have no real business connection .
3 Having found a comfortable Gasthof in the suburb of Spitalhof , I passed a few hours wandering the old town .
4 They passed a few farms , and Lucy tried to control her nervousness by gazing at the lonely homesteads , but in some strange way it conveyed itself to Silas .
5 ‘ I passed a few exams . ’
6 The coroner passed a few remarks in his summing-up on the heavy responsibility shouldered by those placed in loco parentis , but accepted that the girl 's affections had been aroused unintentionally .
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