Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , as night crept over the Rorim , they met in Riven 's room and shared a few pitchers of ale . |
| 2 | I went back to the Maggot 's foul house , where he kept his killer dog and astonishing collection of guns , and we sat on his makeshift verandah that overlooked a noxious and polluted creek and shared a few whiskies as he told me an incredibly tedious tale of how he had once sacked the quarterback of the San Francisco Sugar Plums . |
| 3 | Kathleen answered the phone , listened for a minute and asked a few questions , and then cradled the receiver with a groan . |
| 4 | Now already , she 's had a wash and a workout or two , and read a few books and she thinks she 's the answer to an Amazon 's prayer . |
| 5 | So , after a little research in Bangkok , I wrote a few letters and made a few calls and found a Brother distributer . |
| 6 | I had most of the morning to myself and made a few calls to clients , to a financial journalist whose opinion I valued and finally to Andrew Buccleuth . |
| 7 | Delmar Benjamin 's GeeBee Replica flew each day and made a few passes around the pylons . |
| 8 | You get the impression Ruud and Marco could have taken their skills anywhere in the world , found success and made a few friends as well . |
| 9 | ‘ We had received a number of complaints about bouncing cheques and made a few inquiries into the businessmen and their activities . |
| 10 | Then Amanda had lain on the bed and made a few suggestions which insulted his experience ; he 'd fumbled hurriedly with zips and cuff buttons , his Calvinistic conscience retreating into its corner , and then exultation was running through him like the roar of the crowd the night Jim Watt had won his title . |
| 11 | Connor plunged his hand into his pocket and produced a few coins , which he tossed into the cup . |
| 12 | By the time we reached the Ava Bridge it had stopped raining and having got across , we just lay on the ground and got a few hours ' sleep . |
| 13 | that , the red bits , into red and got the , so I say , nice sort of tent cards and and got a few firms , I mean firms and come on in and do your display you know |
| 14 | But Nutty 's team just ran when they were doing other things , like to school or to the refrigerator factory , and Nails ran up to Carter 's field every night and down every morning and swam a few lengths of the Smiths ' pool to get the smell of compost off him when the others complained . |
| 15 | Disconcertingly , April muttered something incomprehensible and moved a few steps away from them . |
| 16 | Lepine took a cap , put on his Kodiak boots , and scrawled a few letters ; to two friends , and on to the public at large . |
| 17 | One day we were poking around in some sodden ashes by the rear exit and found a few slivers of celluloid with images on them . |
| 18 | A jeep entered the orchard and stopped a few yards away . |
| 19 | The Nutcracker suite in this charming 17th-century inn is so called because the low-ceilinged doorway has an exposed beam which has caught out the unwary and cracked a few heads in its time . |
| 20 | He took up a pen and drew a few lines on a notepad — meaningless lines that irritated her as she watched . |
| 21 | Turning , he leaned against a rock and scribbled a few sentences — with the air of a man signing his own death warrant , I thought . |
| 22 | Rincewind smiled politely at the stranger and tried a few words of Chimeran . |
| 23 | After the usual bread and jam left out by Mrs Garfitt , Toby went and played a few games of rounders with the young boys . |
| 24 | After spending all morning talking to clients on the telephone , in place of lunch I nipped up to the golf club and played a few holes with one of the assistants . |
| 25 | And then Otto went indoors to the piano and played a few bars of Debussy to illustrate a musical idea . |
| 26 | I believe I gave Joe a bit of a shock when I walked up to the table and played a few shots with him . |
| 27 | She walked rapidly back to the hotel and collected her car from the parking area , then drove back and parked a few cars ' lengths from the boatyard . |
| 28 | ’ ‘ ard to bruise a ‘ tato , but even ‘ arder to sell a bunch of grapes that 's been picked up and dropped a few times . ’ |
| 29 | But the dressmaker had obviously decided it was too plain and added a few frills to liven it up a bit . |
| 30 | Or have you ever needed a break from the pressures of work and paid a few pounds more to escape the holiday crowds ? |