Example sentences of "[vb past] a few things " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I think I learnt a few things , " laughs Eva though at the time it must have been extremely painful for the girl who had " excelled at everything " . |
| 2 | ‘ A couple of interviews this morning , and I met Penny Seu Chen this afternoon and she showed me round our building , studios and offices , and we rearranged a few things in mine . |
| 3 | threw a few things in an old army surplus |
| 4 | Absolutely , just to make more points , they made a few things up , ex , absolutely . |
| 5 | Riches : until she had given Luke the money she owed him , paid a month 's rent in advance , redeemed a few things from the pawnshop , bought extra coal for the cold weather , taken Liam to a doctor because something had to be done about his cough ; looked down the bleak distance of the weeks ahead with no work promised . |
| 6 | In fact Leamington got a few things wrong , because they 've now been taken over . |
| 7 | ‘ I think it 's time we got a few things clear . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's time we got a few things sorted out . |
| 9 | While Pamella flung a few things in a suitcase and scrambled off to Bali tout de suite , Fleet Street fanned out to play cherchez la femme . |
| 10 | The delay gave Uncle Fred breathing space , so he packed a few things , walked the four miles into Salisbury , caught the train to Portsmouth and joined the Marines . |
| 11 | Those seven miles took a long time , but we worked a few things out . |
| 12 | It might all be nonsense , she thought , but it certainly tied a few things together . |
| 13 | I settled a few things in the bathroom there and then I had a wash , I 've had a wash and did all the about quarter to eleven . |
| 14 | She had a quick look round the room and shoved a few things out of sight in the glory-hole cupboard . |
| 15 | We sorted a few things out then and now we have turned the corner . ’ |
| 16 | And then we took a remote truck down to Carl 's house and did a few things in his den . |
| 17 | But he had finished whatever he 'd been doing , so Juliet just tidied the bed and put a few things away . |
| 18 | We did some of the old songs and Carl wrote a few things that we did new . |
| 19 | I I 'd heard he wrote a few things . |
| 20 | No I had a few things done , but |
| 21 | ‘ When I got the call to come to Belgium I had a few things to do , ’ he explained . |
| 22 | Me and Andy looked all over for you both last night I had a few things on my mind |
| 23 | Last night I had a few things on my mind to be able to apologize . |
| 24 | her , her mum was having him , but she had a , her mum had a few things to do , so |
| 25 | She was holding my fob watch and she said a few things about this , and about us and about dead people and |
| 26 | My the boss said a few things under his breath , came down the steps and we went back into the van . |
| 27 | But it explained a few things — the kindness I 'd thought I 'd detected , his seemingly unreasonable act of firing me … |