Example sentences of "[vb pp] a few [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | - British Rail issue a new timetable and you have a nasty suspicion that they have juggled it around so that they have deleted a few trains and cut out that convenient late night one , and you look for your old timetable to check but it has gone with the wind . |
| 2 | Picked a few parcels and wrappers to Marks and Sparks . |
| 3 | Sometimes the photographs seemed exactly the same , or so it appeared until , somewhere in the frame , I would realise that a rock had rolled a few feet or yards , a tree was missing , a scarp subtly altered , and one had the sense of some immensely leisured , tranquil calibration of infinity . |
| 4 | An initial inspection of the loco , still in impeccable condition externally , has revealed a few problems and it is hoped that the Standard will be back in service sooner than the two to three years expected for overhaul . |
| 5 | But by the end of our first year in Cornwall she 'd made a few friends and I was n't being bullied so much , so life became a little easier . |
| 6 | SUPER SAVER DAVID JAMES may have made a few mistakes but he is learning all the time , says Liverpool boss Graeme Souness ( inset ) . |
| 7 | Although basically the same as that given in the Warhammer rulebook , we have made a few additions and included more explanation , so we suggest you read through these new rules even if you are already familiar with the original ones . |
| 8 | Some of their later records have produced a few hits but though it is thoughtful , well-made music , something 's missing . |
| 9 | I 've still got a few odds and ends that are late |
| 10 | got a few clothes and the better . |
| 11 | We have got a few members but enjoy ourselves . |
| 12 | ‘ Les has had a few problems but he could do very well alongside Deanesy . ’ |
| 13 | Now you have had a few crackles but they 've been fairly easily sorted out . |
| 14 | She wanted it too , and maybe when she and Charlie were married and in bed and they 'd had a few drinks and she was wearing a black nightie , then maybe it would n't be so bad . |
| 15 | I 've been out on the on the streets and the roads and we 've had a few beers and I 've not seen any trouble but the first I 've heard of trouble was was this morning after breakfast in a nearby hotel and and by by the trouble that 's been caused I do n't know the details of it but I believe it 's been quite intense really . |
| 16 | By the time the highlights were on t.v I 'd had a few beers and was n't paying much attention ! |
| 17 | Erm so I 've bought a few bottles and I do n't |
| 18 | I hope I may have given a few ideas and if anyone makes their fortune and buys a villa in the South of France , will you invite me for a holiday , please ? |
| 19 | the county keeper was shaken a few times but not often stirred |
| 20 | The man 's foot had broken a few spokes and the chain had come off , but there was no other damage . |
| 21 | He has played a few games and had received treatment . |
| 22 | As yet unsigned , they have played a few gigs but are still in the process of ‘ refining ’ the music . |
| 23 | He did it on the guitar and you were simply found a few words and |
| 24 | At just 7 stone 7 , Sam Benham wo n't be rocking the Oxford boat , but her call up as cox has caused a few ripples and waves down on the Thames . |
| 25 | We 've gone a few rounds and we 're still good friends . |
| 26 | The Government could have scored a few points and won some political friends . |
| 27 | The fish have bred a few times but each time the fry have died . |
| 28 | She 'd tacked a few scraps of old cotton into a baby-gown too and sent it round next door for the new Rattrie baby , born very inconveniently , as it turned out , the day after the funeral , her fit of generosity entirely misplaced , since the child had only lived a few hours and the gown — upon which Odette had worked a few hasty stitches of embroidery — had ended up in the pawnshop — Cara had seen it herself in the window — to help pay , she supposed , for yet another infantile disposal . |
| 29 | I 'm afraid I 've lost a few friends and challenged a few others . |
| 30 | Ehm is a it is n't actually a a erm a new school it 's Birchwood High School it used to be Margaret Dane which has been established a few years but Birchwood just been started for a year erm it has is some information but obviously there have n't been any feedback from the school so I starts there . |