Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got through quite a few bits and pieces that was |
| 2 | Christians of different denominations feel much closer together now — at the parish level — than they used to even a few years ago . |
| 3 | ‘ It does n't get any easier ’ , confessed Slack , a theme reiterated by quite a few during the competition , especially those playing from memories of yesteryear glories . |
| 4 | Buddie had taken out his little silver tin and was in the process of rolling one of those thin straggly cigarettes that flared when lit and vanished after only a few puffs . |
| 5 | Cos I asked in here a few weeks ago and they said . |
| 6 | Apollinaris survived for only a few months , and on his death Theuderic had Quintianus installed as bishop , apparently on the grounds that the saint had been driven from Rodez because of his loyalty to the Frankish king . |
| 7 | A gigantic undertaking like the invasion of Europe needed at least a few days of good weather to give it a chance , and we appeared to be settled into a period of wind , rain and low cloud . |
| 8 | Er but we dealt with quite a few serious accidents in the time I was there . |
| 9 | He would have preferred , I knew , to keep them at home , but Ruth , his wife , had overruled him in that , as she did in quite a few other matters . |
| 10 | That lasted for only a few moments ; it was a perfect death . |
| 11 | After the revival in 1688 , the Kilwinning papingo shoot continued with only a few brief interruptions through the 18th and into the 19th century . |
| 12 | ‘ I said to quite a few people immediately after the General Election that within the course of the next 12 months , I would be one of the most unpopular people in this country . |
| 13 | I was driving my car along an unlit street in Bristol , England : all of a sudden the two inner wheels of the car had left the road and I travelled for quite a few yards at an angle of 45 degrees , after which I landed with a large bump . |
| 14 | DOZENS more East German refugees arrived outside the West German embassy yesterday seeking asylum and passage to the West , including some who missed by only a few minutes a train that took more than 800 of their compatriots to West Germany . |