Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They asked me a few questions and they said , ‘ You 'd better come along to the police station . ’ |
2 | They asked me a few questions and withdrew to grunt amongst themselves , then came back and welcomed me as one of them . |
3 | Conchis led me a little way to a deep fissure between two boulders , and there suspended a piece of white cloth on the end of a line . |
4 | ‘ So he got me a few gigs round the Irish pubs , and I had to learn off some traditional Irish ballads quickly for the sort of audiences you got there certainly did n't want to hear me singing songs by James Taylor or Simon and Garfunkel . |
5 | He asked them a few times . |
6 | They found them a few days later , taking refuge in a small village of thatched mud-walled cabins at the foot of the Partry mountains . |
7 | ‘ Alan Dysart phoned me a few days ago . ’ |
8 | The words of the runner to Eli are very close to those the storyteller used himself a few verses before to describe the outcome of the battle . |
9 | I moved it a little way away . |
10 | okay Right you mentioned it a few minutes ago you suggested that this thing was formed . |
11 | I weighed it a few minutes later and was delighted , to say the least , when it pulled the needle round to 10lb 3oz . |
12 | When police found it a few minutes later they looked inside expecting to find the baby but the back seat was empty . |
13 | Clear skies allowed us to witness , once again , sensational scenery ; the worst storm of the summer only caught us a few hours away from Sasoma . |
14 | He moved away from the mirror , seated himself a little way from the top of the main staircase and wrapped the tails of the shirt around his legs . |
15 | just told me a few minutes ago ! |
16 | Even , for instance , what you told me a few weeks back ? |
17 | Maybe it caused you a few problems , but you might be about to get your reward in heaven . |
18 | WE TOLD you a few weeks back that multi-million pound striker Marco Gabbiadini was on the way out at Derby . |
19 | So it 's very likely she told you a few fibs . |
20 | ‘ I told him a few home truths , but it was a waste of breath , there was nothing I could do . ’ |
21 | This thought , too , caused him a few moments of depression before it was drowned by feelings of tranquil pleasure . |
22 | ‘ You 're a genius Lissa , ’ Adam told her a few minutes later . |
23 | While Sergeant Bird was in the lecture hall , Montgomery walked over to one of the other statuettes and lifted it a few inches . |
24 | According to what Texas Instruments Inc told us a few weeks ago ( UX No 405 ) , it certainly had the chips . |
25 | They told us a few months ago . |
26 | ‘ I only met you a half hour ago and I love you like one of my own . ’ |
27 | Well that was the question that Mr asked you a few minutes ago was n't it , er Mr ? |
28 | I must admit , we joined them a few moments later for a well-earned cuppa after our day 's exertions . |
29 | Theodora allowed him a few moments and then she said , gently , ‘ There is , is there not , one further element ? |
30 | He picked her up and threw her a few metres down the corridor . |