Example sentences of "[vb past] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although Wordsworth contributed a few lines , he quickly realized that attempts at collaboration were once again bound to fail : ‘ … |
| 2 | It also provided a few snippets of absurd press . |
| 3 | It bounced a few yards ahead of the Hussars ' advance , then slammed into a wood where it tore and crashed through the thickly leaved branches . |
| 4 | ‘ I entered a few eisteddfods and competitions and did the exams but that was as far as I went . |
| 5 | I 've had a couple of letters asking me whether I ever managed to give up smoking as I promised a few months ago . |
| 6 | Okay we changed a few words just to fit the words we could find , but yes , we , we had about a minute at the end , we read it through , and yes , it was fine . |
| 7 | But I think the political climate on that changed a few years ago , when there was the big influx of heroin onto the market … . |
| 8 | He took up a pen and drew a few lines on a notepad — meaningless lines that irritated her as she watched . |
| 9 | Salmon , who was an intimate friend of Picasso 's at this time , described a few years later his restless state of mind : ‘ Picasso was unsettled . |
| 10 | All this under a Tory Government which admits its PSBR is to be double that proposed a few months ago . |
| 11 | Lepine took a cap , put on his Kodiak boots , and scrawled a few letters ; to two friends , and on to the public at large . |
| 12 | Unfortunately it crashed a few months later on a training mission in Scotland , when part of a Polish Squadron . |
| 13 | Her death rated a few lines in the papers , but the full significance of her passing went unreported . |
| 14 | The Ship rose a few feet , wobbling alarmingly . |
| 15 | In the dream , but not in memory , a mist rose a few feet above the surface of the water like a veil over a familiar face . |
| 16 | Home Office researcher Simon Field studied 40 years of statistics and found that when the temperature rose a few degrees Celsius above normal : |
| 17 | The pod temperature rose a few degrees more , and then levelled out . |
| 18 | In the centre of the clearing where they have stopped is a Red Indian wigwam , the one Odd-Knut erected a few days before . |
| 19 | ‘ Helen phoned a few times . |
| 20 | Below : The Nfis Slabs — descending them posed a few problems ( photos by the author ) . |
| 21 | Though I read no sympathy in his face or mouth , I found a few words to offer . |
| 22 | We found a few examples of workers who had been in the uninterrupted employment of a single organisation long enough to qualify for dismissal protection and statutory redundancy compensation rights , but who still had temporary status . |
| 23 | One day we were poking around in some sodden ashes by the rear exit and found a few slivers of celluloid with images on them . |
| 24 | Yes yes we found a few flowers an |
| 25 | Jenny and Antony moved a few inches further apart , then giggled at each other because of the involuntary movement . |
| 26 | We did so , heaving and pushing until the bed moved a few inches and I saw the slight scorch mark on the stone floor beneath . |
| 27 | Dr Ali moved a few paces away from him . |
| 28 | She now moved a few steps backwards and sat down again , straightening out one leg and rubbing it as she did so . |
| 29 | Disconcertingly , April muttered something incomprehensible and moved a few steps away from them . |
| 30 | There were women with shopping baskets and men in working clothes , the Evening Standard reported a few hours later , as well as a number of boys and girls . |