Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Or initiated a few , ’ Piers said smoothly , looking at André . |
| 2 | The feel of them brought him back into the attic room , to the confusion that made a few words on a piece of paper into a lifeline . |
| 3 | The new calendar , now known as the ‘ Young-Avestan calendar ’ appears to have been adopted in the reign of Cambyses ' great successor Darius I. The most thorough and plausible investigation of the date of its introduction is that made a few years ago by the distinguished historian of ancient astronomy the late Willy Hartner of Frankfurt University . |
| 4 | All this under a Tory Government which admits its PSBR is to be double that proposed a few months ago . |
| 5 | But she liked the money , and the new house , and the new dresses — and the six fields of apple trees and the big farm north of Stratford that came a few years later . |
| 6 | I 'd have preferred a book that told a few truths , or even a few lies . |
| 7 | Even now a fast ion may be shooting through you that escaped a few days ago from the Jovian magnetosphere . |
| 8 | And that included a few classroom crushes . |
| 9 | What 's more , I intend to say it properly , ’ he declared , reducing speed to turn into a parking area that lay a few yards ahead . |
| 10 | Well , I hope that clarified a few iss issues and made one or two things clearer . |
| 11 | Then , I looked again at a superficially rather strange SF trilogy that appeared a few months ago ( Schrodinger 's Cat , by Robert Anton Wilson , sphere , 1982 ) . |
| 12 | I went back to the Maggot 's foul house , where he kept his killer dog and astonishing collection of guns , and we sat on his makeshift verandah that overlooked a noxious and polluted creek and shared a few whiskies as he told me an incredibly tedious tale of how he had once sacked the quarterback of the San Francisco Sugar Plums . |
| 13 | Later , as night crept over the Rorim , they met in Riven 's room and shared a few pitchers of ale . |
| 14 | Grate nutmeg over this , and strew a few coloured comfits on the top if you choose . " |
| 15 | It was published shortly after I 'd taken part in a time and motion study during which I 'd spoken to the man with the clip-board and asked a few pertinent questions . |
| 16 | ‘ I think there 's a good chance that Billy was brought in here and asked a few nasty questions by his fellow liberationists and maybe there was a fight . ’ |
| 17 | I too got to the Imperial by 12:30 and asked a few likely candindates were Tim ! |
| 18 | Kathleen answered the phone , listened for a minute and asked a few questions , and then cradled the receiver with a groan . |
| 19 | I mean , those are just we just went out and chucked a few fucking trees down . |
| 20 | Now already , she 's had a wash and a workout or two , and read a few books and she thinks she 's the answer to an Amazon 's prayer . |
| 21 | We stopped at one of his regular suppliers and cadged a few sea urchins , then the knife to eat them with . |
| 22 | You get the impression Ruud and Marco could have taken their skills anywhere in the world , found success and made a few friends as well . |
| 23 | Delmar Benjamin 's GeeBee Replica flew each day and made a few passes around the pylons . |
| 24 | So , after a little research in Bangkok , I wrote a few letters and made a few calls and found a Brother distributer . |
| 25 | I had most of the morning to myself and made a few calls to clients , to a financial journalist whose opinion I valued and finally to Andrew Buccleuth . |
| 26 | He turned and made a few fast strokes in pursuit , and swam into a current of colder water that snaked across the bay and washed round him . |
| 27 | Then Amanda had lain on the bed and made a few suggestions which insulted his experience ; he 'd fumbled hurriedly with zips and cuff buttons , his Calvinistic conscience retreating into its corner , and then exultation was running through him like the roar of the crowd the night Jim Watt had won his title . |
| 28 | But , even if it WAS all his fault … on the whole he is playing excellent and made a few vital interceptions ( Soton for one ) . |
| 29 | ‘ We had received a number of complaints about bouncing cheques and made a few inquiries into the businessmen and their activities . |
| 30 | Connor plunged his hand into his pocket and produced a few coins , which he tossed into the cup . |