Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 This new method of composition can be seen clearly by comparing an etching of a figure done as an illustration for Max Jacob 's Saint Matorell and securely datable to Cadaquès , with a drawing done a few months earlier .
2 And he had the article written a few years ago about the missing Tsarist treasures .
3 We had our water tested a few weeks back and everything was fine .
4 It is perfectly simple to extract a coin or other small object buried a few inches under the ground without digging a great hole .
5 Without it , my version occupied a few seconds under fifteen minutes .
6 Beatrice , too , drank ; she had no doubt learnt a few tricks from her ex-pugilist husband and could take care of herself spiritedly .
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