Example sentences of "[vb pp] a few [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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1 | To show you what I mean , I have selected a few names at random from my local telephone directory and listed them , together with the image which sprang to my mind ( although yours might be completely different ) . |
2 | Fleischmann and Pons were seeing 25 per cent unaccounted-for heat sometimes and had not yet more than the hope of proving that there were neutrons proving fusion ; Jones claimed to have seen a few neutrons at levels which , while interesting for science and understanding aspects of the Earth , bore no large scale practical benefits — what use is a billionth of a watt ? |
3 | His name was Roger , and he 'd made a few stabs at conversation in the course of the night . |
4 | ‘ I think Have I Got News For You is a very difficult show to do and we 're both lucky because we 've had a few goes at it , ’ says Merton . |
5 | The task the reader is set is rather like that of completing a jigsaw puzzle , where we are given a few pieces at a time , and have to keep guessing what the rest of the picture will be like . |
6 | And then of course er when I got to New York we were quite friendly with all the people on the boat you know that made great friends with some of them and er I had two or three places to go , I had spent a few days at the World Fair and then I flew down to Washington and er then I came back again . |
7 | And that has ruffled a few feathers at Shire Hall . |