Example sentences of "a few [noun] [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were a few moments silence before they turned their backs to the church and , still holding hands , sang : |
| 2 | He left the corner and trekked a few blocks east until he found a bar , where he put two bourbons down his throat , and wished to his core that alcohol and not the opposite sex had been his addiction . |
| 3 | I asked Make-Up to give him a few mosquito bites but he refused point-blank . |
| 4 | Deep in my stomach the whirling pits started a few trial revolutions and it was n't down to the meat pie I 'd had . |
| 5 | I know , we 're not er we ai n't af we ai n't afraid of a few bum workers cos we have got er good engineers like , you know ? |
| 6 | It was nothing like the transformation she would undergo in a few years time but it signalled the slow resurrection of her inner spirit . |
| 7 | That contrasts with what some policies will lead to in a few years time if we are going to have complete closure of some long stay hospitalS . |
| 8 | Hugh , himself I think he is completing his work and there , in , in a few months time and I know there have attempts made to find someone to replace him . |
| 9 | ‘ We have had a few men demonstrators and we would like to encourage more , ’ says Kath . |
| 10 | You must have met in real life quite a few Baron Ochses when you were in Salzburg in the 1920s . |