Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | I cite only a few . |
| 2 | Although I hated the very idea of selling things to people who might not want to buy them ( even if it was good for them ) I made quite a few sales , the main commission deriving from the sale of a Group Insurance Scheme to 32 men from the Times-Herald staff . |
| 3 | Yeah I mean just a few different should you use a little bit of green powder paint . |
| 4 | I got quite a few kicks out of doing that . |
| 5 | I got quite a few things in there . |
| 6 | I answered every thing and I seem , I think I got quite a few right , I mean I do , I , if I got fifty percent on that I 'd be very pleased . |
| 7 | In the water I found only a few coins because the beach dropped off quite steeply into the water , making it difficult to detect . |
| 8 | Fortunately , the corner hedge of an adjacent field was in a direct line with the site , so I moved forward a few paces , switched on my metal detector and started swinging it in an arc before me . |
| 9 | Well that was kept by fella called and they could get the beer off-licence , although it was n't , it was n't so far to the Old Naked Inn and then there was a pub on the corner of , I ca n't remember the name of that because they 've opened it too young to remember pubs in them days but er , apart from the off-licence there was no actual public inn on Street , there was off-licence , as I say just a few yards down was the Old Naked Inn and there was a pub on the top of just on the side of . |
| 10 | Peach leaves being unavailable in my strip of London back garden , I used instead a few drops of real almond essence , towards the end of the cooking , when the juice and sugar are on the boil . |
| 11 | ‘ At first I was the only guest wearing it , but I noticed quite a few others following suit . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm sure if I give just a few more pushes — |
| 13 | I 'm I 'm a site agent for Tarmac Construction at erm I attend quite a few erm presentations really , tender interviews often going to the clients management meetings , site meetings and then like a lot of you the one to one situation . |
| 14 | I know quite a few people who would do that . |
| 15 | Er we just kept them on and there 's I know quite a few schemes have stopped working but we 've still got them written down somewhere |
| 16 | I know quite a few . |
| 17 | I know quite a few . |
| 18 | Just got to get to get the sentences , oh I know quite a few words |
| 19 | At first I heard only a few calls ; within ten minutes , at least twice as many animals were calling , and , by circling about the pool , I observed that a steady stream of spadefoots was coming from all directions to the breeding area . |
| 20 | Shall I take quite a few egg sandwiches alright ? |
| 21 | But I gather quite a few people in the industry have actually lost their jobs , have they not , and been laid off ? |
| 22 | I saw quite a few artists whom I wanted to represent on the trip . |
| 23 | At the moment , I do quite a few barn dances , mainly for wedding anniversaries . |
| 24 | I think just a few times |
| 25 | Er maybe some , I think quite a few did it for money because money was short in , really . |
| 26 | ‘ I think quite a few people will vote the same as their parents and this is Hummersknott , ’ she said . |
| 27 | That aside , I think only a few would spare sympathy for him last week . |
| 28 | I bought quite a few medicines actually . |
| 29 | I worked at City Motors and I stayed there for seven years I had quite a few jobs before that but I liked that one . |
| 30 | After receiving cases of whisky and champagne for being both top trainer at Hamilton and provider of most runners at the track this year , Berry said : ‘ I 've only a few left to run at Edinburgh on Thursday and Doncaster this weekend , but I could have half a dozen for the all-weather courses . |