Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Pamella flung a few things in a suitcase and scrambled off to Bali tout de suite , Fleet Street fanned out to play cherchez la femme . |
| 2 | Corbett whispered a few words and the friar looked up sharply and nodded . |
| 3 | It was an accident of course but old Colonel Saunchie got a few pellets in him . |
| 4 | Edward made a few concessions . |
| 5 | Bernice staggered a few steps forward . |
| 6 | Jenny and Antony moved a few inches further apart , then giggled at each other because of the involuntary movement . |
| 7 | The office of chief operating officer that OSF created a few months ago has been abolished . |
| 8 | I did not see the production until the following Christmas , when it contained an amusing touch which I imagine John must have added that year , after Leonide Massine had revived The Three-cornered Hat at Covent Garden : Hansel and Gretel danced a few steps with a bunch of grapes , a good-humoured quotation from the dance of the miller and his wife in Massine 's ballet . |
| 9 | Bella returned a few moments later , carrying her drink in one hand and a lighted cigarette in the other . |
| 10 | Melissa drove a pale and silent Rose back to the auberge , and Dora followed a few minutes later . |
| 11 | They were , and the Pryces spent a few years in married bliss before the third Lady Pryce died in 1748 . |
| 12 | Bernice took a few moments break from her search to reach up and snap it off . |
| 13 | Marie took a few steps towards him . |
| 14 | No less devotion was brought to four songs by Joseph Marx , and although the rather overheated style of Nocturne elicited a few smiles ( Parsons performing prodigies in representing the burgeoning June night ) there was a touching ecstasy in Hat dich die Liebe beruhrt which was delivered absolutely from the heart . |
| 15 | In fact Leamington got a few things wrong , because they 've now been taken over . |
| 16 | In the centre of the clearing where they have stopped is a Red Indian wigwam , the one Odd-Knut erected a few days before . |
| 17 | But although Wordsworth contributed a few lines , he quickly realized that attempts at collaboration were once again bound to fail : ‘ … |
| 18 | SD reporters in Lower Franconia referred a few months later to a ‘ tiredness ’ with ideological ‘ education ’ among Party members as well as the general public , and remarked that the winning over of those people who still stood aloof from the Party was ‘ still an unsolved problem ’ . |
| 19 | After a while Bambi and Nell returned alone , and Bambi with an unexcited word of gratitude to Nell walked a few paces forward and stopped beside her son , who had done nothing to comfort or help his sister and was now sitting alone . |
| 20 | Rincewind took a few steps forward , cupidity moving him as easily as if he were on little wheels . |
| 21 | Now they use tractors , some pesticides , some inorganic fertilisers , but nevertheless most of the people of Umbria voted a few weeks ago in favour of a referendum which would have severely restricted the sale , and therefore the consumption , of pesticides . |
| 22 | He said that Microsoft would like to have the dominant position in the industry that IBM had a few years ago ‘ but I do n't think that will happen ’ . |
| 23 | Martin stopped a few feet before him and stood with legs planted firmly apart , said loud enough to be heard above the music , ‘ What are you drinking ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Helen phoned a few times . |
| 25 | ‘ … and homicide Lieutenant Wilson stated a few minutes ago that the police are closing in . |
| 26 | The survey — ‘ mapping the universe ’ — which Geller and Huchra began a few years ago is not yet complete but they have seen enough to conclude that ‘ the size of the largest structures we detect is limited only by the extent of the survey ’ . |
| 27 | When Louis died a few months later , Thibaut aligned with a league of dissident barons who opposed the regent of France , Louis 's widow Blanche of Castile , but he soon abandoned the barons and reconciled himself with Blanche . |
| 28 | Daren carried a few scars from it … but congratulations to him … next on the bill should be the British title |
| 29 | Out-half Wilson missed a few penalties but two much possession was wasted by continuous needless kicking . |
| 30 | Quickly Grant slid a few feet down the slates and leaned carefully out round the edge of the massive chimney stack , until he could peer over the coping . |