Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] a few " in BNC.

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1 Potato brown rot has only affected a few tonnes on one farm so far … but experts are keeping their eyes on it .
2 Still at school but has already played a few times in midfield for youth team .
3 Now she is learning to walk again and has already had a few day visits home .
4 It has also gained a few floors .
5 He has also missed a few internationals through injury . ’
6 In fact , I do n't know an actor who was n't actually brought up in LA and who has n't spent a few nights on the beach .
7 I mean , who has n't learned a few Sultans Of Swing licks ?
8 I said , ‘ I think you should know how to cook a few things , in case they ask you to feed the children , ’ but she seemed to think that knowing how to make a Marmite sandwich would be enough .
9 ‘ I see you got your hair cut by the scenic route , ’ she remarks to one gentleman who has neatly slicked a few strands over his bald patch .
10 ‘ But the horse has certainly had a few adventures in the meantime .
11 But it was as I got into my teenaged years I began to get bored with my walk on roles , sitting around for hours waiting to go on with make-up and costumes on was no fun any more , but I was far too young to do anything else but walk on say a few lines and walk off again .
12 " You 'd better collect a few more like that : then you can make a notice board and frighten Fiver .
13 ‘ You 'd better break a few rules . ’
14 They 'd only taken a few steps when a man gave an appreciative wolf whistle .
15 We 'd only had a few dates .
16 ‘ And we 'd only had a few months of marriage . ’
17 We 'd all had a few drinks .
18 About ten days after the Club dance , my mother and father and I , and Anne and her parents drove up to spend a few days in the Rest House at Kota Belud , a beauty spot on the upper slopes of Kinabalu .
19 Fancy teaming up to shoot a few goals in a dynamic , fast growing team sport ?
20 The boy was killed instantly and Ballantine was seen later crying a few yards away from his body .
21 Worm baits also tempted a few whiting and coalfish .
22 It contains an extraordinary collection , beautifully presented , and any hon. Members who find themselves in Carlisle would do well to spend a few hours there .
23 It was decided instead to select a few films from each of a number of categories ( i.e. types of driving situation ) and thus ensure that within each category there was enough similarity to create sufficient potential distractors for each target .
24 A few yards beyond this , the tramway turned left to terminate a few yards into Thicket Road , by the Penge entrance of the Crystal Palace grounds .
25 ON A DAY when many people are wondering how to make a few bob out of water , somebody else showed how to make millions , in the worst possible City fashion .
26 One theory is that the oil has sunk , and is drifting in globules a few metres below the surface of the water .
27 Laurence del Brok probably died a few days before 25 December 1274 .
28 And also , back in their team is erm Michael Lee who 's been banned for some years now , and he 's raring to go and erm I think they 're all coming down to prove a few points .
29 I took up my pint as Jamie settled in to blast a few of the gaudy formations .
30 The total size of the claims resulting from such an incident might well be enormous , even though the computer program itself may have only cost a few hundred pounds .
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