Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] a few " in BNC.
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1 | Merleau-Ponty , who met Nizan a few weeks later at Laurent Casanova 's villa in Porto , recalls that Nizan seemed resigned to the inevitability of war , but still confident in the belief that a tripartite alliance between France , Great Britain and the USSR was a necessary and inevitable prerequisite to the defeat of fascism . |
2 | I was very privileged to meet her when I visited Georgia a few years ago : a remarkable and very courageous woman . |
3 | A Canadian friend who visited Junieh a few years ago said that it was an excellent and interesting place for a cruising yacht to go : cheap , with pleasant , welcoming people and without danger , provided you stay away from the trouble spots . |
4 | He showed Wednesday a few of his favourites , including the old workshop , the small room with the cutlery stuck into the walls and the one he had discovered the week before with a huge oak tree growing through the floor . |
5 | She followed Edgar a few paces across the room . |
6 | Merseyside police have revealed that they probably killed James a few hours after they took him from the Strand shopping centre in Bootle . |
7 | Some of Eric Le Red 's former managers in France sent Ferguson a few tips , via TODAY , on handling his fickle Frenchman . |
8 | It took Marie a few seconds to realize who Gary was : nobody , not even the teachers at school , called Gazzer by his real name . |
9 | I only saw Stephen a few times before I went back to prison . |
10 | ‘ You know , do n't you ? ’ sobbed Sarella a few seconds later . |
11 | Lionel Luyt told me that it was only when he reached Europe a few years later that he realized how far ahead of his South African contemporaries John had been , doing things which he must have invented for himself because he had not had the chance to see them put into practice by others . |
12 | It took D'Arcy a few seconds to connect the familiar face in the unfamiliar surroundings . |
13 | After receiving the evidence , the insurance company offered Susan a few hundred pounds compensation . |
14 | More to the point , the affair earned Owen a few days ' breathing space . |
15 | He rejoined Schering a few months ago , after a break of more than 29 years . |
16 | Nahh … what I 'd really like to do is come back as the guy who shot Reagan a few years back , only I would n't miss ! |
17 | The hydrogen fuel leak is similar to one which grounded Columbia a few months ago . |
18 | ‘ Hawaii ! ’ she announced when she rejoined Florian a few minutes later . |
19 | ‘ Now , ’ said Picon a few years ago , ‘ when you read an obituary of someone with a Jewish name you know you have lost another member of the audience . ’ |
20 | We both met Walter a few days ago . |