Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a lot of hand-clasping , cuddling and a few tears , some of them from Salome . |
| 2 | There is a sizeable iron water wheel still in situ although , with the exception of some iron framing and a few odd belt wheels , little else remains of its milling equipment . |
| 3 | Eventually , we realized that our school work was suffering and a few of us turned him down flat when it came to the sports and he did n't like it . |
| 4 | So , after much jockeying and a few power lunches ( although all three contestants for the top spot — McDonald , Stewart , and Somerville — deny this ) Trevor has got the top job and a salary reckoned close to £125,000 a year . |
| 5 | All are striking , some are beautiful , others startling and a few may invoke an involuntary shudder — such as the ‘ Vogue Food Photograph ’ of oyster complete with inquisitively crawling snails and a pair of skinned raw frogs ' legs , or the ‘ Bug in Ear ’ , showing a black beetle poised at the entrance to the aural cavity . |
| 6 | All are striking ; some are beautiful , others startling and a few many invoke an involuntary shudder — such as the ‘ Vogue Food Photograph ’ of oyster complete with inquisitively crawling snails and a pair of skinned raw frogs ' legs , or the ‘ Bug in Ear ’ , showing a black beetle poised at the entrance to an aural cavity . |
| 7 | This yard was just a kind of higgledy-piggledy yard with a with a a wall along there where you 're standing and a few lean-tos . |
| 8 | First half was pretty dull , just a lot of choppy midfield battling and a few neat touches every now and then . |