Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has also gained a few floors . |
| 2 | It had always had a few troops in its settlements to defend property locally , but even when it had begun building up its own little army it had only about 3,000 men in 1749 . |
| 3 | In recent years we met less often and yet he could conjure up an incident which made us both feel it had all happened a few days ago . |
| 4 | It had only taken a few weeks for Lucy Ashdown to become one of the more useful ringers on Charlie 's list of reserves . |
| 5 | Unhappily , it had only lasted a few short weeks , but all their friends still shuddered at the memory of their truly spectacular fights ! |