Example sentences of "[vb past] a few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also provided a few snippets of absurd press . |
| 2 | He took up a pen and drew a few lines on a notepad — meaningless lines that irritated her as she watched . |
| 3 | Her death rated a few lines in the papers , but the full significance of her passing went unreported . |
| 4 | In the dream , but not in memory , a mist rose a few feet above the surface of the water like a veil over a familiar face . |
| 5 | We found a few examples of workers who had been in the uninterrupted employment of a single organisation long enough to qualify for dismissal protection and statutory redundancy compensation rights , but who still had temporary status . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Ratners caught a few eyes after being pegged to losses of £27m . |
| 8 | Dismayed at the pain he had inflicted and at the pain he himself felt in consequence , Richard rushed forward , then stopped a few feet from Victoria twisting from side to side in frustration , wondering how he could stop her crying . |
| 9 | Martin stopped a few feet before him and stood with legs planted firmly apart , said loud enough to be heard above the music , ‘ What are you drinking ? ’ |
| 10 | I stopped a few yards from the house . |
| 11 | Bishop stopped a few steps into the chamber . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Looking the picture of misery and helplessness , he snatched a few words with me as I waited to go in . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Last night 's shooting occurred a few hours after the previous victim , a former Irish Republican Army man shot dead by the Provos for allegedly turning police informer , was buried in Belfast . |
| 16 | The only problem occurred a few days after launch , when one of the sun sensors produced occasional false readings and shut down the satellite . |
| 17 | Analysing his match-winning contribution he said : ‘ Prior to the match I tried a few shots from that same position with my right foot and missed . |
| 18 | Rincewind smiled politely at the stranger and tried a few words of Chimeran . |
| 19 | He scribbled a few lines on a scrap sheet to get the hang of Sampson 's cramped style , and then he started to fill in the form . |
| 20 | On a day when the general debate centred on whether or not games should be held when gales are blowing , Jess ruined a few arguments by going about his business so smoothly he gave the impression that in those areas of the field in which he moved , the wind had been magically stilled . |
| 21 | He camped a few miles outside the town and there remained , determined to outface Ras Tafari , whom he discounted as astute but weak . |
| 22 | We learnt a few lessons on how we could have improved it but we felt very pleased with it as our first attempt . |
| 23 | But the dressmaker had obviously decided it was too plain and added a few frills to liven it up a bit . |
| 24 | The grandma of the family added a few details about how she had starved and three of her children had died . |
| 25 | I received a few letters from strangers which made me realize that people did care . |
| 26 | She recognised a few faces from Amelia 's party , but most of the dead people were strangers . |
| 27 | We swapped a few anecdotes about buffoons we had encountered and then went our separate ways , hands thrust deep into our respective double-thickness , Gortex , all-weather , storm-force shell outers . |
| 28 | If anyone deserved a few years in an open prison it was Beamish . |
| 29 | he scored a few goals over there . |
| 30 | I squirted a few jets of milk then something blocked the end . |