Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] by a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your weight increases by a few pounds ( about 1 kg ) from one day to the next , do nothing for a day or two to try to redress the balance ; your weight could well drop back quite naturally . |
| 2 | We might enter the room and sing our greeting accompanied by a few dance steps , but ask yourself whether the message might not be obliterated by the way our actions would be interpreted . |
| 3 | Carrick has long stopped hoping , calculating that age and immobility caused by a few excess pounds count against him . |
| 4 | Even at the simplest and most active plate boundaries , a major earthquake caused by a few metres movement of a fault recurs perhaps six times a millennium . |
| 5 | But there was a motor bike went by a few minutes ago . |
| 6 | The ASB has highlighted two methods of dubious interpretation used by a few companies so far . |
| 7 | However , given their risk-loving nature , greater protection is purchased by a low probability of a large prize rather than a high probability of a modest prize ; i.e. a society characterized by a few ‘ glittering prizes ’ awarded on the basis of equality of opportunity recommends itself . |
| 8 | This took no longer than a couple of seconds to see and understand , a near-abstract image accompanied by a few words . |
| 9 | Our morning walk along the cliffs gave us terrific views of the secluded white sand bays dotted along the coastline followed by a few hours on Pompièrre beach where the locals meet to picnic . |
| 10 | Just time for a quick honeymoon followed by a few fond farewells , and the intrepid sailor was off again on board his old ship on 17 February , leaving his second wife to look after her newly-acquired stepchildren , Elizabeth Eliza and Robert Edward , in his absence . |
| 11 | Innsbruck , the famous Olympic ski resort is another excursion where you have a fascinating guided coach tour of the city followed by a few hours to explore for yourselves . |
| 12 | It shows that the total cost was to be 11650 and that a Grant of £300 had been received from a private Debt Extinction Fund subscribed by a few individuals to assist poor congregations . |
| 13 | His deputy , a Scot , later received a circular from the Food and Dairy Products Committee which extended all expiry dates by a few weeks . |
| 14 | The sequence of production of the dies suggest that three ‘ generations ’ of dies are represented , each generation represented by a few new designs and the abandonment of some of the original ones |
| 15 | Another treats the upheaval as a crusade for liberty led by a few heroic dissidents . |