Example sentences of "[vb pp] a few [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've lifted a few sacks of taters in me time , but I do n't reckon to lift thee ! ’ |
| 2 | The decanter , diminished by Timothy Gedge , still contained a few inches of amber liquid . |
| 3 | Amelia had left off quoting from the wit and wisdom of her favourite mass murderers , done a few lines of cocaine , and started to whizz around the room . |
| 4 | I have only selected a few examples of deducing modes of life from these fossils with two valves ; the examples could be multiplied many times . |
| 5 | On Boxing Day I had accepted a few spoons of gravy , but only after considerable coaxing from Mick , having refused it twice already . |
| 6 | Frankly , she looked as if she 'd got a few bundles of twelve-page letters stuffed up her woolly even now . |
| 7 | He had , of course ‘ still got a few sheets of Donald 's prescription pad . |
| 8 | Well we 've got a few details of some drop in centres this afternoon . |
| 9 | Others may experience a light-headed sensation as if they have had a few glasses of wine ; a few fall into a deep sleep ! |
| 10 | ‘ And we 'd only had a few months of marriage . ’ |
| 11 | They , they 've suddenly had a few outbreaks of polio have n't they ? |
| 12 | Well , they 'd had a few weeks of mystery , of secrets kept and of wrong conclusions avoided . |
| 13 | But a defiant Wilkinson said : ‘ We have had a few days of mourning after the European Cup defeat , but this match gives us another route back into Europe and we know how important it is to stay on it . ’ |
| 14 | I should mention that I had bought a few items of clothing that morning , before the trial began . |
| 15 | Once you have completed a few rows of plain knitting , you can prepare to start . |
| 16 | We were more used to being given a few cans of lager and that was it , ’ says Solowka . |
| 17 | Most of them were accorded pseudonyms ( ‘ I will call her Sylvia ’ ) and given a few lines of narrative , where their function was little more than to illustrate our hero 's appetite and prowess . |
| 18 | ‘ See , we 've found a few seeps of underground water that 's close enough to the surface for things to grow . |
| 19 | The England ‘ A ’ sweater of Hugh Morris deceived many entrants , while his Glamorgan and England colleague Steve Watkin also posed a few problems of identification . |
| 20 | The club have , inevitably , hit a few patches of turbulence along the way but , apart from their defeat at Oldham in the Lancashire Cup , nothing too damaging . |
| 21 | Once folks had printed a few pages of closely spaced text , the next logical step was to print lots of pages of giant words announcing to the world that Fred and Wilma had just got married , or that winkles were on special offer at only ten bob a pound . |
| 22 | Willie had scraped the potatoes , chopped up carrots and turnips , buttered a few slices of oddly-cut bread and filled Sammy 's bowls with fresh water and scraps . |
| 23 | I mean , who has n't learned a few Sultans Of Swing licks ? |
| 24 | I 've tried a few ways of getting it off her … offering to telephone for her and so on , thinking she might improve if that was off her mind … ‘ |
| 25 | He waited until she had obediently taken a few sips of the ale , before propping one knee on the bed beside her and jerking her face up to his . |
| 26 | By half past ten , Deirdre ( Molloy ) Kavanagh had parted with all her little triangles of tricoloured pastry , taken off her apron , drunk a few glasses of champagne , told several guests that broccoli was out of fashion , and was busily engaged in conversation with a television journalist who had just returned from making a programme for Charles in Iran . |
| 27 | It 's a market as well that 's created a few monsters of its own . |
| 28 | The Vietnamese , who have kept a few items of sunken treasure for a museum in Hanoi , but sent most of it for auction in the West , pronounced themselves well satisfied . |
| 29 | 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 . |