Example sentences of "[vb pp] a few [noun pl] and " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I 've still got a few odds and ends that are late |
| 7 | got a few clothes and the better . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | By the time the highlights were on t.v I 'd had a few beers and was n't paying much attention ! |
| 11 | Erm so I 've bought a few bottles and I do n't |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | The man 's foot had broken a few spokes and the chain had come off , but there was no other damage . |
| 14 | He has played a few games and had received treatment . |
| 15 | He did it on the guitar and you were simply found a few words and |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | We 've gone a few rounds and we 're still good friends . |
| 18 | The Government could have scored a few points and won some political friends . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I 'm afraid I 've lost a few friends and challenged a few others . |