Example sentences of "[noun] a few [noun pl] and " in BNC.

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1 A few of his fellow citizens would wait until the train was about to depart , nobble him and throw him on the train , slip the guards a few dollars and wave goodbye .
2 Rincewind stood up as slowly as he dared , and drew from his belt the short sword he had taken from the guard a few hours and a hundred years ago .
3 Outside the circle a few mounds and stones were all that remained of the huddle of huts that had once crowded under the broch 's protection .
4 They thump your chest a few times and call the old crash unit and then they grope around for your pulse , but it 's a very amateurish affair really . ’
5 He simply shook his head a few times and went on grinning .
6 He practised the phrase a few times and then stuffed the book back in the outside pocket of his jacket .
7 Give Whelan a few games and Deane something to think about while he 's on the bench .
8 At the western end of the bay a few houses and Ireland 's smallest church , measuring 12ft by 6ft , make up the picturesque hamlet of Partbraddan .
9 The Sparcserver 10 introduces a compact new version of the desktop pizza box enclosure : by lowering the bottom of the pizza box a few millimetres and stacking MBus and SBus expansion slots , SMCC engineers have created a more powerful desktop server with the same footprint as the Sparcserver 2 but with up to five times the applications throughput , five times the memory capacity , double the disk storage and 25% more expansion capacity .
10 He cleared his throat a few times and groaned like an aged dog in pain .
11 It meant driving up to the London Passport Office a few times and waiting around there for interminable periods , but I hoped that it was going to be worth it .
12 I 'm very upfront about being happily married — I 've brought Nick into the office a few times and I mention him in conversation whenever it 's appropriate .
13 Storms Morrissey , at No 23 in the charts with former band The Smiths ' This Charming Man : ‘ I 've met Vic Reeves a few times and I ca n't believe he 'd do something so hurtful .
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