Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Bush dealt with the older children first and placed a few evacuees with them at the back . |
| 2 | Most of them were accorded pseudonyms ( ‘ I will call her Sylvia ’ ) and given a few lines of narrative , where their function was little more than to illustrate our hero 's appetite and prowess . |
| 3 | At the Chalk Farm stop an attractive , freckled schoolgirl , about sixteen , in a smart navy uniform and white blouse , had got on and sat a few seats away . |
| 4 | There was no tension in him : when he was tense there was a rigidity in his neck muscles , a rigidity I 'd watched from the depths of the crowd during the brief day of his trial and seen a few times since , as at Nottingham . |
| 5 | When they had met and exchanged a few kisses , that would be time enough . |
| 6 | I was n't quite so happy after that ; however , we landed safely on a tea estate in Assam , and then were packed into lorries and driven a few miles into Dibrugarh . |
| 7 | Yes yeah they played quite well but I thought we got our game together after the goal and created a few chances ourselves and er if we keep that going we 're get something from this . |
| 8 | As stated a few paragraphs higher , the rules for self-employed pension plans have been altered to bring them in line with other personal pensions . |