Example sentences of "home a few " in BNC.
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1 | Instructions ( entitled Having a Colonoscopy and illustrated with a picture of a cheery-looking doctor waving a piece of paper ) reached home a few days later . |
2 | My son-in-law came home a few weeks ago and confessed he 'd been having an affair with a girl in his office . |
3 | The stories are legion of people who retired abroad in the expectation of being able to afford a higher standard of living and who returned home a few years later , thoroughly disillusioned . |
4 | Or is this the time to bring home a few ingots , dig up the cellar and bury them under the floor ? |
5 | There the young ladies ' brother found me , when he returned home a few minutes later , and he insisted , much against the housekeeper 's wishes , on bringing me into the house . |
6 | Although not only really big natural find came to light , nearly every family group took home a few Roman coins and , perhaps , the odd hammered medieval coin as well . |
7 | He took a shotgun with him , to bring home a few birds , as he walked , should he see any . |
8 | I 'll bring home a few big boxes tomorrow to put |