Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a few [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier manmetric studies of the UOS in children used perfused sidehole pull through methods with sedation , an approach that only gives a few sample values of UOS pressure and these are influenced by the effects of sedation and stress . |
| 2 | We only had a few paving slabs but a large area to cover , so decided to lay the slabs in islands . |
| 3 | Fear not , for excellent runners are once more in abundance and arms , should they be feeling the angle , need only last a few layaway moves to gain larger holds in the base of the slim upper groove . |
| 4 | Alerted by her dulcet tones , a crowd began to gather outside a downtown boutique and May generously offered a few fashion tips to the throng . |
| 5 | Now she is learning to walk again and has already had a few day visits home . |
| 6 | Well it 's always nice to keep a clean sheet , you know , especially away from home , but , you know , we just , just get a few League wins and er get the confidence back again . |
| 7 | Chris Patten is among the sceptics : ‘ Even if it ( investment ) were to be successful and encourage a 40 or 50 per cent increase in the use of rail , it would make damn-all difference to the growth in road traffic — it would just take a few percentage points off the top . ’ |
| 8 | We 'd get scared half the way through and back off and just stick a few ship pictures round the walls . |
| 9 | Despite these problems the beaches still support a few breeding birds , notably Little Tern , Ringed Plover , Oystercatcher , and Wheatear . |
| 10 | And we 'll drop in on the way home to watch a few election results or do you think if I start having a party tomorrow night it 's gon na get out of hand ? |
| 11 | We also achieved a few column inches in the Focus paper and brought the NCT to the attention of many people who had never heard of us before . |
| 12 | She also did a few hand knitted garments herself . |
| 13 | I remember him telling me how in those days , things being more primitive , they often used a few cycle lamps arranged in an inverted L-shape with the crossbar at the upwind end . ’ |
| 14 | Although I had now done a few television interviews , I was still a relative novice and there was so much that I wanted to get across to all the people watching . |
| 15 | I remember some years ago sharing a few dinner dates with a young lady who turned out to be one of Prince Charles 's old friends . |
| 16 | But it 's unwise to take our bodies to the Grand Prix circuit of running for our lives without doing a few practice laps first . |
| 17 | I 'd played at a club in Soho , even backed a few rock bands Lloyd had claimed to manage , and he 'd run a string of female mud wrestlers , mainly in the clip joint next door . |
| 18 | I gave up at half a dozen , desultorily checked a few share prices and failed to read more than two paragraphs of an article on the gilt-edged market . |