Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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1 | Loose oxygenators can be removed altogether , keeping back just a few rooted cuttings for the following spring . |
2 | After it had crossed the Torrente Taro the tram had a dead straight journey for the rest of the way , stopping at three more places and picking up just a few more passengers , none of whom were regulars . |
3 | Looking forward just a few years , multimedia is clearly going to become a standard , highly influential feature of a vast range of computer applications in all sectors of our personal , professional and business lives . |
4 | Certainly over the years the the major proportion of our fire fighting , in terms of secondary fires , what we term secondary fires , the bonfires , was always concentrated around this period and going back quite a few years we used to have special appliances put on standby , extra crews and so on . |
5 | The standard of accuracy expected is something that sadly seems to be lacking in quite a few civilian counterparts , as is the expectation that the pilot devour every bit of information related to his chosen profession . |
6 | The interludes at the start of each act determine the character of the music for a time ( except for Interlude V , which is abruptly curtailed by the Barn Dance music of Act Three scene one , lending thereafter only a few sinister flecks of moonlight ) . |
7 | " Oh boy , " breathed Chuck Sherman , gazing longingly at the impenetrable green wall of tropical foliage slipping past only a few yards from the ship 's rail , " this is going to make the mountains of West Virginia seem a bit tame . |
8 | Soon they were airborne , the dragon skimming along easily a few feet from the floor and leaving a billowing cloud of dust in its wake . |
9 | That was the gist of what the Air Force chief of staff said , thinking out loud a few weeks ago . |