Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newly qualified nurses are expected to receive an orientation and induction programme appropriate to their appointments , followed by a consolidation period for a minimum period of three months , when it is recommended that a few hours each week be set aside for learning periods either with other newly qualified staff or as self-directed learning . |
| 2 | His son Carl later recalled that a few days before his father 's death there was already a terrible stench of decomposition , the advanced state of which apparently made an autopsy impossible . |
| 3 | It has been noticed that a few teachers have still to pay their Society membership for 1981 … |
| 4 | For some this proved too much and it was said that a few members of the group started to resemble the colour of our logo ! |
| 5 | Some changes were made and a few concessions were wrung from the government . |
| 6 | Have the place filled and a few people standing . |
| 7 | The experience left her physically and emotionally drained and a few months later she returned to hospital for a hysterectomy . |
| 8 | Next , myself , a little shaken and a few scratches , and lastly Sgt. Storrie , who seemed okay . |
| 9 | The following Spring , a still shaken Khrushchev called a group of writers to his dacha outside Moscow and told them that the Hungarian rising could have been avoided if a few writers had been shot in time . |
| 10 | Luckily no one drowned but a few people got very wet ! |
| 11 | It had flown but a few hours in his ownership , and it might be available for a feature in Pilot . |
| 12 | It is understood that a few days before his death the young airman shot down a Dornier bomber . |
| 13 | Commenting upon their total experience of Minor award schools , DCSLs also noted that a few schools had misconstrued the long-term intentions of the project and had cut library capitation in years following external funding . |
| 14 | His pal his workmate was retired and a few months after , Arthur died , so it left me the one and the owners of the property , they give me notice to quit and no messing about er and when I talked to them , they give me twelve months , rate free , to erm get out . |
| 15 | But I 've found that a few years away from something can make you realise just how much you want it — need it . ’ |
| 16 | IT 'S been a busy couple of months in the ‘ video vaults ’ of Corporate Communications with three videos distributed and a few others on the production line . |
| 17 | Sam spent the next morning poking his broom everywhere it was wanted and a few places it was n't until he had swept up several titbits of very interesting information . |
| 18 | At the end of every chapter there 's a review of what you 've just learned and a few questions to check that it 's really sunk in ( and a mini glossary of any new terms/jargon you may have picked up on the way . |
| 19 | Some knowledge of the West was encouraged and a few individuals travelled abroad . |
| 20 | She was raped and then killed and a few days later her naked corpse found somewhere in the hills . |