Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She only arrived here a few days ago , when her uncle died . |
| 2 | Too many evergreens can look boring , so plant just a few choice ones to add colour to dull areas . |
| 3 | And you 've only worked here a few months ! ’ he said . |
| 4 | Even a picture measuring 30 × 25cm ( 12 × 10in ) , which is large enough to display quite a few flowers and takes a fair amount of skill , would only need a backing 30cm ( 12in ) square , so ½m ( ½yd ) of material could be enough for about eight pictures , depending on the width of the material . |
| 5 | We mere peasant members are asked , in practice if not in theory , merely to murmur reverentially a few names of a few decent people into a few of the proper ears , who will then look after everything for us . |
| 6 | Sergei and Anton , from Chernobyl , too shy perhaps to speak even a few words in their own language . |
| 7 | I normally lose just a few pounds , Bobby . |
| 8 | Competitions vary but normally last only a few minutes . |
| 9 | Steel shutters barricaded most of the shops and those that were open displayed only a few boxes of tired vegetables and strings of plastic toys . |
| 10 | For some engaged couples it is difficult to imagine ever having a conflict , while others have already experienced quite a few . |
| 11 | He faced the challenge of Dunluce , a 6860-yard , par 73 giant that had already brought quite a few players to their knees , among them title favourite Phil Tataurangi . |
| 12 | ‘ Can you just come forward a few steps ? |
| 13 | The blow was so crippling because confidence had already taken quite a few knocks . |
| 14 | He 'd already burned quite a few wallfuls , and had come down , under protest as much to keep Ajayi happy as anything else . |
| 15 | Nina resumed cracking nuts , adopting exactly the same grip on the hammer her mother had demonstrated , and successfully opened quite a few . |
| 16 | e ) Sudden changes of pressure in the ears when clearing them , either on ascent or descent , can produce in susceptible pilots a strong feeling of disorientation , usually lasting only a few seconds . |
| 17 | Most people can usually recall only a few numbers when these have two figures in them . |
| 18 | Presumably he had already set in motion the machinery which next month would array a large army under his command , but when he approached Limoges he still had only a few men with him . |
| 19 | Permeable areas usually have only a few streams , but they flow with little variation throughout the year and rarely flood . |
| 20 | The life-shortening effect in LAWER is claimed to be ‘ smaller than that in euthanasia because the patients usually have only a few hours or days to live ’ . |
| 21 | One way of ensuring that locals have a reasonable chance of winning is to slightly bias just a few of the questions . |
| 22 | Ward had his camera with him , and though he led me round at a breathless pace , talking all the time about the terrible religious cult of the Aztecs , he also took quite a few pictures , usually with myself or some other human in the foreground to give an indication of the scale of the place . |
| 23 | A post-mortem on Allan McKay showed that he probably died only a few hours after leaving home . |
| 24 | You both had quite a few |
| 25 | She also had quite a few things two small Picassos and a picture by Robert Delaunay called ‘ The window ’ that Taírov was given when they were in Paris on tour together , and a very fine Yakulov . |
| 26 | ‘ She knew a lot of people , probably had quite a few lovers , but I think she was short on real friends . |
| 27 | She has a good sense of humour and also shares quite a few of my interests . |
| 28 | The infamous Berlin Wall now has only a few vestiges remaining . |
| 29 | One can often choose just a few significant words for the accompaniment , and avoid the rest . |
| 30 | Since there are no employer 's references to be sought , self-certified loans are quicker to process , often taking only a few days . |