Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [vb -s] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the list of Confluent words which follows disregards the stances involved , which number almost nine thousand and are all named , and merely offers a few definitions , some of which must be regarded as tentative . |
| 2 | As a male sets out along a branch , he leans over sideways , lifts one of his back legs and carefully expels a few drops of urine on to the sole of his foot . |
| 3 | A marathon alters your normal hormonal profile , tires your heart , dumps abnormal amounts of protein into your blood , irritates your digestive tract , and often sneaks a few red blood cells into your urine . |
| 4 | But the interloper keeps right up with us , and even introduces a few new movements of her own . |
| 5 | Gerd gulps down the food , and then coughs a few times , each time a little louder , and exhibiting a little more distress . |
| 6 | Accounts of the boring behaviour ( e.g. Fretter and Graham , 1962 , p. 245 ; Fretter and Graham , 1985 ; Carriker , 1969 , for Urosalpinx ) describe how the animal alternately places the ABO in the hole and then makes a few rasps with the radula . |