Example sentences of "it [verb] [verb] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the twilight the water , gushing and frothing , looked a long way down but the sound it made felt only a few feet below . |
| 2 | I believe that I will always remember it , even though it was quite a few years ago and even though it has recurred quite a few times since . |
| 3 | The design was complicated , with a serpentine pattern of dark blue and white with touches of black , and whoever was knitting it had completed only a few inches of ribbed welt . |
| 4 | There had been no problem in finding a matching replacement for the cut piece ; a hardware shop in Inverness had supplied it , and it had taken only a few minutes to fit . |
| 5 | And while th they 're down there , can they put a co re-bend that cornerstone , we used to have a cornerstone , it 's got pushed into the dike , and it 's gone down a few yards |
| 6 | Well it is as mu it 's it 's worked out a few pounds cheaper . |