Example sentences of "[adv prt] a few [noun] and " in BNC.

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1 And just sort of write down a few expression and then think ah that 's not right or yes that 's
2 When he had wolfed down a few chapattis and an onion bhaji , Amiss took a slurp of lager and then leaned back .
3 I knew there would be some details that might fill in a few gaps and , indeed , I had not known that Mme G had kept in touch with Otto and that , prior to my arrival on the scene , he frequently drove over to Reine with tempting delicacies that Jean-Claude invariably refused to eat .
4 I also spoke of my difficulty in giving talks to the armed forces ; for nothing remotely intellectual was acceptable , and the only use which I felt I could be was in taking along a few maps and indicating the whereabouts of places increasingly mentioned on the wireless or the press ( though they read only the ‘ picture ’ papers ) .
5 After a while , Corbett nodded , handed over a few coins and left , his face wreathed in a complacent smile .
6 I WAS IN the office checking over a few invoices and trying to locate the squeak on my swivel chair when the phone rang .
7 At a time when the easy option for a band like Moose would be to step up the distortion , rip off a few riffs and steam into the easy-money heaven where rock pigs run wild , they 've flipped away on a heady , affecting tangent that 's been traced in the last five or ten years by The Weather Prophets and Lloyd Cole , but rarely in that time with such grace and preconception-shattering nerve .
8 AT A time when the easy option for a band like Moose would be to step up the distortion , rip off a few riffs and steam into the easy-money heaven where rock pigs run wild , they 've flipped away on a heady , affecting tangent that 's been traced in the last five or ten years by The Weather Prophets and Lloyd Cole , but rarely with such grace .
9 The dog moved off a few paces and turned back , wagging his tail anxiously .
10 As the current Gogarth guidebook heads towards halfway in its lifespan and a reasonable number of new routes are being climbed , I have rounded up a few corrections and other snippets that are applicable to the existing routes .
11 However , the job had to be done , and our training asserting itself , we began to pic up a few bits and pieces .
12 Rushie picked up a few lira and an Armani suit but it 's probably fair to say our golden boy from St Asaph did n't exactly win the freedom of Turin .
13 I woke up a few times and got Mum out of bed all bleary-eyed and irritable in her nightie telling her a bogey-man was after me .
14 Cardiff foreshore turned up a few conger and codling .
15 Niki eats up a few places and then finds himself at the back of a bunch of five cars behind Prost , who is running second .
16 why do n't you wait and see what the numbers are like and then you can always ring up a few people and say we 've got a space if you 'd like to come
17 We went up a few steps and into a small majlis which was nearly choked by deep couches pushed against its walls .
18 Just put up a few pictures and so on .
19 Soon she would herself be in the market for a new home , and , though she and Boyd could not hope to outdo a contractor like the Mayor building for himself , she could pick up a few ideas and have them incorporated into their new house in Vanier Heights .
20 They need to sort out a few things and they 'll be very competitive . ’
21 She crashed out a few chords and started to talk to us in a different voice through her ‘ control ’ , who was ( of course ) , a Red Indian — White Cloud or Black Feet or something like that .
22 It was a day to remember ; we were all quite taken by Fair Isle and I took the opportunity to dig out a few facts and figures about this remote island .
23 I jumped in , let out a few expletives and was out again just as quickly .
24 find out a few details and I 'll meet you back at the estate agents
25 Pick out a few terms and decide how they are best defined .
26 She tipped the sunshade back a few inches and let the dazzling rays toast her face .
27 Josh Gifford wheeled Honey End round , took him back a few paces and put him at the fence a second time .
28 He moved back a few paces and , without pausing to think , took a running leap out into the chasm between the two houses .
29 He staggered back a few steps and , massaging his face , mumbled in complete astonishment to nobody in particular : ‘ He hit me ! ’
30 But if you thought about the order that you test , then , if something does n't work , you may only have to go back a few steps and re-test .
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