Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Picasso had abandoned the use of a consistent light source a year earlier only to reinstate it a few months later in the paintings done in Paris during the winter . |
| 2 | Clear skies allowed us to witness , once again , sensational scenery ; the worst storm of the summer only caught us a few hours away from Sasoma . |
| 3 | You had better give me a few days . |
| 4 | We , in return , had better give you a few tips on how to behave in a Grenadier battalion or you 'll come badly unstuck . ’ |
| 5 | Most young people who try sniffing ( and remember , those who try sniffing are only a small minority ) will only do it a few times and stop without any help from adults . |
| 6 | She 'd only met him a few times , but it had been easy for Julie to see that Ross Wyndham was even more Leo-like than his wife . |
| 7 | Would Sue ( she hardly knew her , after all , had only met her a few minutes ago ) really let her share the little bubble of love that sealed her and Pete up together and away from the rest of the world ? |
| 8 | Now this P H test I 've only had it a few seconds and already look what it 's done to the paper . |
| 9 | If I mention them and then perhaps give you a few examples of the sort of facilities which erm which we have available . |
| 10 | ‘ He was kind enough to give me a few minutes after Evensong yesterday . ’ |
| 11 | I 've only known him a few weeks , after all . ’ |
| 12 | She 'd only known him a few hours yet every cell of her body seemed sensitised to his presence . |
| 13 | You 're just from the YTS. — You 've only known her a few weeks . |
| 14 | I 've only known you a few days , Luke , and I do n't go in for casual sex . ’ |
| 15 | It only took us a few seconds to realize the mistake but by then twenty-eight kids and three of the missionaries were either dead or dying . |
| 16 | O' course , I only knew him a few years after he got married . |
| 17 | I only saw him a few times and he seemed to wander around in no-man 's land half the time doing bugger all . |
| 18 | He had only kissed her a few times before , yet his taste was as familiar as the beat of his heart beneath her hand as she clutched his shirt . |
| 19 | ‘ You only have them a few years , after all , ’ his mother cried . |
| 20 | just told me a few minutes ago ! |
| 21 | Just give me a few minutes , will you ? ’ |
| 22 | Just give me a few minutes while I get dressed and I shall be ready to go with you . |
| 23 | No , she 's said , she , she ai n't got the courage to ask her for more money , so I said well just give it a few more weeks and then Anne and Brian 's turn up , if it do n't get any better then , I 'm afraid you got Anne and Brian 's . |
| 24 | But here they just give you a few examples and expect you to do example sheets , it really is so difficult . |
| 25 | Yet he showed a certain reluctance to touch her , just giving her a few social kisses , one or two , on meeting or parting . |
| 26 | erm fucking indoor murder ball , the seat , cushion and stuff like that , its fucking well out of order piss up games oh that 's right I think we played in , I think we played , you know that British bull dog thing ? , we managed to clear all the fucking the nappy chair this and the chairs out the way , we were playing this British bull dog sort of thing and the only thing , the only , the only difference was when you got caught , got , everybody was fucking giving you a few thumps in the arm , for good measure like , and we played about four of this and every time this cocky little son of a bitch did n't get caught , he was always the last person , so we fucking said , we said , me and this other guy 's that are in our troop and that er , we said right we 'll get him , so when , when everybody sort of go for it right just after the one person in the middle , said fucking just get this guy and fucking pin him down and do something to him right , we did n't , I think we said we 'd just get him , yeah that 's a good idea , so he 's gone right go and his mate he 's fucking took off two steps and there 's eight of us fucking dived on top of him , what the fucking , he 's struggling , get off you cunt so we pinned him down and at first we was just going to de-bag him in front of the women , we 've taken his boots off and his trousers and that and shave his bollocks , yeah the whole fucking yeah , it was like an audience , all that they sort of gathered up the chairs and the tables fuck have his bollocks shaved . |
| 27 | And it 'll just save us a few minutes because it 'll be tight squeeze I expect . |
| 28 | Someone with short-term memory loss lives very much in the present and is able to enjoy what they do , even if they can not recall it a few minutes later . |
| 29 | These people will just ask him a few questions , make a few tests . |
| 30 | Could you possibly spare me a few moments in private ? |