Example sentences of "a few questions " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time his ready smile reached us we were glad to see him and retreated to try to get warm and ask a few questions . |
| 2 | ‘ Nevertheless , Mrs Atkins , I would appreciate it if you could answer a few questions down at the station … ’ |
| 3 | Let me ask some members of the congregation a few questions : |
| 4 | Still , I said to myself , so she has got a husband after all , because I was beginning to put two and two together and ask myself a few questions . |
| 5 | A few questions about general financial transactions were asked and answered , and Meese then pointed out the paragraph about the diversion . |
| 6 | These people will just ask him a few questions , make a few tests . |
| 7 | ‘ We would like to ask you a few questions about Andrew Livesey . |
| 8 | The Jimmy Young Show 's formula of tea and chat and a few questions on a postcard from Radio 2 listeners was her favourite method of reaching the general public . |
| 9 | We simply ask a few questions about your income and the level of deposit you have available and then issue you with a certificate which : — tells you how much we are able to lend you . |
| 10 | It seems a couple of them came out here a time or two , asked a few questions , shrugged their shoulders and took themselves off . ’ |
| 11 | So he writes it down and everybody writes bits about what 's happened , and thus eventually a few questions were asked and reply came from the Super . |
| 12 | Of course , they might ask a few questions . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Just a few questions and I 'll leave you in peace . ’ |
| 14 | You could n't show up in a place like Adam 's Creek without a few questions being asked , Jed knew that , so he 'd dreamed up a story . |
| 15 | ‘ I just wanted to ask you a few questions about your neighbour , Gladys Brown . |
| 16 | After a few questions and answers swap roles , and then discuss how convincing the Christian 's answers were to the non-Christian . |
| 17 | She put a few questions to Dr Scott . |
| 18 | ‘ I only wanted to ask him a few questions . ’ |
| 19 | One chair at the bottom of the table was empty , and as I came in Dr Barton , with hardly more than a nod in my direction , indicated the chair and said sternly , ‘ You may sit , Doctor Masters , while we ask you a few questions . ’ |
| 20 | When considering an offer of a job in the community it is worth asking a few questions about the day to day management of the service , and the kind of support you can expect to get from your colleagues . |
| 21 | A few questions about playability , resilience and notching could keep them in order ! |
| 22 | There are just a few questions and we 'll let you go back to the Vicarage . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've roughed out a few questions but they 're only a guide . ’ |
| 24 | A game 's a game , but you could have piled me up back there , and then you 'd have had a few questions to answer ! ’ |
| 25 | Ewen had shown surprise , which of course looked genuine , when the launch , on coming alongside the jetty , turned out to belong , not to the police , but to Customs and Excise , who announced their intention of searching the Stormy Petrel , while the detectives had ‘ a few questions to ask . ’ |
| 26 | A popular image of the social researcher is of a figure armed with a clipboard who approaches you in the street , and asks if you have the time to answer a few questions . |
| 27 | This work was based on a sample survey of over 10,000 men , and a few questions were asked about practical support between kin . |
| 28 | Now I 've got that off my chest I have a few questions for you : |
| 29 | The journalists asked a few questions and got no real answers and the old Monsieur le Président , who had presided so long in his own way at the top , shouted and banged his fist before leaving the room . |
| 30 | And he would ask a few questions , say he 'd been looking for a few hours . |