Example sentences of "go [adv prt] [prep] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the assumption that all morality means sexual morality is too widespread to go down without a few squawks of protest . |
| 2 | She said it had been going on for a few months . ’ |
| 3 | It is part of a rather complicated arrangement that has been going on for a few years now . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm going out for a few minutes . ’ |
| 5 | Now I was talking to your Doctor who was wondering whether we might want to go out for a few beers at some point |
| 6 | Cos I 've got to go out in a few minutes . |
| 7 | so she 's got to go back in a few weeks ' time |
| 8 | He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’ |
| 9 | He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’ |
| 10 | The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel . |
| 11 | One possibility is to choose two or three at a time , as above , and then go on to a few others . |
| 12 | But Dreadnought , let alone all her other weak places , had been holed amidships by a baulk of timber , and before long the water poured into her with a sound like a sigh and she went down in a few seconds . |
| 13 | I felt him go off for a few seconds . |
| 14 | Our takings went up by a few shillings each week and pretty soon we had to expand and move the kitchens upstairs , where Malc 's Mom made our famous home-made pies ' . |
| 15 | At the 13th , Woosnam was heckled and a cheer went up from a few spectators as he put his drive into the creek . |
| 16 | But I could go up in a few weeks . |
| 17 | we notice the joints of beef in Tesco gone up by a few quid |
| 18 | gone up by a few quid from six pound odd to eight pound odd |
| 19 | He went out for a few moments and stood on the steps between the Greek pillars , looking in the direction of the Residency for any sign of movement . |
| 20 | and we 'd been up all night serving troops and er , you see , and then the Manager said , well look er now and have some breakfast before we get th another telegram and we were next door to the Telegram Office , you see , and when , when the erm war , during the war , you see , the man would come out of the Telegraph Office and he would say er and er , you see , all the lights went out except a few lights along the back of the counter . |
| 21 | I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’ |
| 22 | I did n't want to leave the Maxteds behind because they had started out as my passengers , so I went back in a few minutes later to see if they were ready to leave . |