Example sentences of "[vb pp] a few [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had fought him off like a veritable wildcat when he 'd slung a few well-deserved insults at her , and then had had the gall to deny she had turned traitor , although her brother held his castle for Matilda , and God only knew what she , herself , had done for the Empress . |
| 2 | Into this situation have come a few rude intrusions . |
| 3 | ‘ It had been a quiet day and I had only caught a few small dace and then my rod thumped round . |
| 4 | Yeah , the tension is slipping a bit and I 've done a few foolish things , but that 's not because we 're near the end of the wait . |
| 5 | Having only done a few short walks before in true Water & Ventilation style he decided to ‘ test the water ’ first by walking the Ridgeway in Wiltshire , 85 miles and five days later he completed it . |
| 6 | To Fokine , Les Sylphides was mimed dance because he had incorporated a few conventional gestures into his choreography . |
| 7 | I have probably missed a few esoteric cuisines and no doubt some of the possibilities you 'll see chalked up on the blackboard or down in the menus , but you 've got the general idea by now . |
| 8 | ‘ You 've collected a few broken bones and they 're newly set . |
| 9 | And anyhow , Cara would probably not have lasted more than two minutes in her job in the journalistic field had she not grown a few hard edges . |
| 10 | Incidentally , I trust that the fretwire used is up to scratch ; I 've recently seen a few Korean guitars with very soft fretwire which would probably need a re-fret after only a short time . |
| 11 | We 've seen a few encouraging signs in the past month or two — Bellamy addressing the Confederation of British Industry , for instance , and Michael Heseltine , Secretary of State for the Environment , daring to finance an energy -efficiency campaign . |
| 12 | Ive seen a few free kicks on the Glory Years . |
| 13 | ‘ I have seen a few busy streets in my life , ’ Shae said quietly , sure she was being baited , but refusing to let herself rise to it . |
| 14 | I have made a few similar remarks in my new book about glaring omissions in the chronicle of memorials . |
| 15 | Because Luke Calder had made a few passing comments about her usual attire of pin-neat suits and blouses ? |
| 16 | But if you looked carefully at the left-hand side , where there was a glass-enclosed porch , you might have noticed a few little birds flying around , the odd flash and flitter of coloured wings . |
| 17 | But you appear not to have noticed a few glaring facts like that women in general do n't rape men , or beat them up , or design weapons or make the laws and enforce them or hold enough jobs of influence and authority to make an iota of difference to the way this bloody patriarchal shit-heap is run . ’ |
| 18 | the only difference in the isotopes is one 's got a few extra neutrons . |
| 19 | Or isotopes of an element , they have the same chemical properties , they have the same outer structure and very much the same inner structure apart from one 's got a few extra neutrons . |
| 20 | They 've got a few respectable names , of course . |
| 21 | It 's Tuesday , so no , no doubt you 've got a few local games on the cards ? |
| 22 | Yeah I like that , I like the sound of that one , but it 's got a few big words in it |
| 23 | Yeah , he 's got a few big jobs . |
| 24 | And I mean I , I find some clients are really lucky , you know they 've got a few fiddly bits of issues and they keep getting fifty pounds here and fifty pounds there , |
| 25 | I 've got a few little beauties I 'm going to flog to the idiots this morning . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've had a few guilty twinges about ticking you off about those steps . |
| 27 | We 've had a few technical difficulties with the computer , or rather our printer has had trouble with it . |
| 28 | We 've had a few lazy laughs in the past , and I knew he carried clout , but I did n't give him the respect he deserved . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've had a few hasty assignations in lay-bys to pass over pots of prepared food that no one must know were n't prepared by the hostess , ’ says Mrs Anderson . |
| 30 | Over the years I have had a few interesting experiences with computer hardware . |