Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only saw Stephen a few times before I went back to prison . |
| 2 | Merseyside police have revealed that they probably killed James a few hours after they took him from the Strand shopping centre in Bootle . |
| 3 | Under commitment accounting , the manager could simply issue orders a few days before the year-end to ‘ fill up ’ the budget . |
| 4 | Those who advocated it argued that it was of no use to abolish selection at 11 + , in the name of justice and fairness , and then reintroduce selection a few months later , by streaming children once at school . |
| 5 | And I said to her well every time I goes over I either takes children a few groceries . |