Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] [verb] a few " in BNC.

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1 They 'd only taken a few steps when a man gave an appreciative wolf whistle .
2 She 'll say right going in she 'll say right the next lot will be going in in er ten minutes to one which may be a quarter of an hour 's time like , you know , so it 's all timed they do n't let a few there 's a the second go in .
3 Hyperoid It 's Asteroids by another name , again with some additions ( although I was never any good at this one , so maybe they 've just chopped a few levels out ) .
4 They 've probably got a few over here
5 They , they 've suddenly had a few outbreaks of polio have n't they ?
6 They had only met a few days ago .
7 Although they had only had a few hours , he was happy with what the squad had uncovered from newspaper cuttings and phone-calls — not that they had detected any connection with Nicola Sharpe .
8 They had always spent a few weeks every year in Ireland , relaxing and visiting old friends .
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