Example sentences of "[vb past] a few [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I entered a few eisteddfods and competitions and did the exams but that was as far as I went . |
| 2 | We did so , heaving and pushing until the bed moved a few inches and I saw the slight scorch mark on the stone floor beneath . |
| 3 | But her host 's calm demeanour as he scribbled a few notes and went on to the next call calmed her fears . |
| 4 | I then added a few aerobics and , together with some great music , the new Intensive Stretching and Aerobic Programme was complete . |
| 5 | Since I was one of the first to awaken , my noise was far from popular , and I received a few kicks and blows from my neighbours , in their kindly efforts to speed my recovery . |
| 6 | He muttered a few words and his companions chuckled . |
| 7 | Knight bannerets of the king 's household stopped them but Cranston muttered a few words and they let him by . |
| 8 | Reaching it she climbed a few rungs and looked over the heads of the people and the cockpit where a double ring of candles hung low on iron chains from the rafters , spreading a brilliant pool of light . |
| 9 | Every time he walked that 's him come back again and every time he stopped it stopped and this happened a few times and he was very scared and he thought he had better go and see what the noise was and anything well it was just a pet sheep tangled up in its tether . |
| 10 | The crowd threw a few rocks and dispersed . |
| 11 | Corbett whispered a few words and the friar looked up sharply and nodded . |
| 12 | He quickly devoured a few fragments and stuffed into a bag a lot of miscellaneous food which Irina was evidently leaving behind . |
| 13 | The journalists asked a few questions and got no real answers and the old Monsieur le Président , who had presided so long in his own way at the top , shouted and banged his fist before leaving the room . |
| 14 | He chanced a few casts and by the end of the season he had taken more than a dozen good trout . |
| 15 | She made a few attempts and found that she could not work , she could not even read . |
| 16 | He made a few passes and the castle diminished and shrank , as you see it now , and he made a pass or two more and it was walled with glass as you see . |
| 17 | So , after a little research in Bangkok , I wrote a few letters and made a few calls and found a Brother distributer . |
| 18 | He made a few enquiries and was able to track down the thieves . |
| 19 | ‘ When I got your letter , I made a few enquiries and discovered that you are intending to practise from Broom House . |
| 20 | Well , you know , I think it was a kind of sports bag or something and I thought oh I 'll go along with that and the other , I mean I had heard of them before and I made a few enquiries and they said , you know , you you were quite quality company so I thought |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | During the bad weather we experienced a few disasters and events , but they were of little consequence . |
| 23 | Well I got a video and , like , that 's all we got a few videos and the video showed you how to use a condom , and that was it . |
| 24 | We got a few laughs and the local press gave me a good write-up , and the church warden came to me and he said to me ‘ Frank , you should be an actor , ’ and I thought God had spoken because in those days , he was representing God as far as I was concerned … . |
| 25 | And then we had the er the battledress was issued , the khaki , and erm we was had our head headquarters were started , the headquarters were started in an office at , one of the office rooms at the at the Bloxwich Lock and Stamping Company by the , the top offices we used to call them , by the gates , we had one of the rooms there for and it eventually became the armoury when we got some equipment because rifles etcetera was in very short supply after Dun Dunkirk So eventually we had a few rifles and er when the er we got a few rifles and er the sirens went it was the practice at the beginning when the sirens went in this area for everything to stop and everyone down the shelter but it happened four or five times , everybody realized how non-productive this was , that the time that was lost and there was nothing happening in this area so it was decided by the R T B that we , the , the people off the shop floor would n't stop work until the attack was really imminent or it had started because if this , this was happening all over the Midlands area and of course if you , if you multiply that by the number of people at work you can imagine how much production was lost erm and also when the sirens went Major at the factory used to get the chappies out from off the shop floor , get the few rifles we 'd got , take we in to King George 's playing fields there was a , a brook running across King George 's playing fields then , it had n't and a trench which was extended to stop er aircraft from landing in King George 's cos it was just a big open space . |
| 26 | You got a few months and then you were paid off you were back on the dole . |
| 27 | She walked a few feet and stabbed at the earth with the fork . |
| 28 | He walked a few paces and took off his bowler hat … |
| 29 | He wiggled a few steps and swirled around . |
| 30 | The phone was handed over to Erika , who confirmed the trip and then gave the phone to her mother , who exchanged a few banalities and then handed it to Omi , who cooed and clucked and finally returned it to Herr Nordern who said , briefly , that they all looked forward very much to seeing Karl again and firmly replaced the receiver before anyone else could claim it . |