Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [adv] a few " in BNC.

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1 But Springbok officials and security officers at the club gave a different version of the incident which occurred just a few hours after the team had arrived .
2 The second accident involved an 18ft boat which capsized just a few yards off the Lincolnshire coast .
3 It seemed impossible that the leopard could cross that open space , on which grew only a few clumps of coarse grass , without being seen .
4 A few things remained in the bureau drawer ; the odds and ends that accumulate in drawers : an engagement diary for 1981 which had only a few entries ; an old wallet , empty except for an out-of-date RAC membership card .
5 The younger your child is the less able they are to remember what happened even a few days ago , so they need you to keep in touch with them .
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