Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the fact that having a baby and adjusting to motherhood are only permitted to cause a few days ' disruption must be a bad thing — when what mothers really need is adequate time to rest ( between feeds ) , plenty of boosts to their ego , lots of love and confidence building . |
| 2 | Prisons were only used to hold a few people until trial . |
| 3 | My father thought the sentence unjust because he had only agreed to buy a few bottles of bootleg whisky . |
| 4 | The Beaverton , Oregon-based Sequent is also expected to have a few tricks up its sleeve for this week 's roll-out . |
| 5 | We feel that anthropologists are uniquely positioned to introduce a few question marks into the fundamental assumption of the discourse , and it is our hope that this book will provide some such . |
| 6 | One of these was Lynn Bari , who has typically had to wait a few weeks after her death before receiving an obituary due her . |
| 7 | ‘ Paul Spence has kindly agreed to give a few revision classes on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century architecture to final-year BA students : Tuesday … ’ |
| 8 | She came up with a routine for visiting the tables , and even managed to empty a few ashtrays . |
| 9 | Well they 've certainly tried to make a few private sites out of public car parks in the Vale , I know that much . |