Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [coord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Halt it for a few minutes and it would die altogether . |
| 32 | She 'll bring it to you in a few minutes and it 'll help you keep your strength . ’ |
| 33 | A few volleys and it was all over . |
| 34 | I 've done that quite a few times but it does n't have any lasting effect , so maybe I 'd be a bad catch , ’ he says . |
| 35 | So we 've been down there a few times but I said to you did n't I ? |
| 36 | You slipped over a few times but you got up alright did n't you ? |
| 37 | In fact , you can just get on and off them a few times and they never seem to register the same thing twice ! |
| 38 | I 'm very upfront about being happily married — I 've brought Nick into the office a few times and I mention him in conversation whenever it 's appropriate . |
| 39 | Storms Morrissey , at No 23 in the charts with former band The Smiths ' This Charming Man : ‘ I 've met Vic Reeves a few times and I ca n't believe he 'd do something so hurtful . |
| 40 | You were right about him being mentioned in the Eye ; appeared a few times and I got the cuts up … ’ |
| 41 | " Oh I 've been 'ere a few times and I 've heard some bleedin' awful screams comin' out of that room . |
| 42 | I 've seen him a few times and he 's never made a favourable impression on me ! |
| 43 | ‘ I 've spoken to him a few times and he 's the epitome of a true warrior . |
| 44 | Every time he walked that 's him come back again and every time he stopped it stopped and this happened a few times and he was very scared and he thought he had better go and see what the noise was and anything well it was just a pet sheep tangled up in its tether . |
| 45 | I only saw him a few times and he seemed to wander around in no-man 's land half the time doing bugger all . |
| 46 | ‘ I 've roughed out a few questions but they 're only a guide . ’ |
| 47 | They asked me a few questions and they said , ‘ You 'd better come along to the police station . ’ |
| 48 | There are just a few questions and we 'll let you go back to the Vicarage . |
| 49 | ‘ Just a few questions and I 'll leave you in peace . ’ |
| 50 | very settled in the library er she went to the interview er and she said she 'd er remembered everything that the teacher had told them about how to present themselves at interviews and she went down and the er , the librarian says well , asked her a few questions and he says |
| 51 | I HAVE had sex with a few girls but I do n't think that they found this experience very satisfying . |
| 52 | A few years ago — before 1986 — I was at a party with a few friends and we met some people who used to be in athletics . |
| 53 | But by the end of our first year in Cornwall she 'd made a few friends and I was n't being bullied so much , so life became a little easier . |
| 54 | We out here on the west caost of the US ( actually a few friends and I — all LUFC supporters ) are shattered ! |
| 55 | But what you do a lot I think is you know how to do quite a few things but you 're concentrating I mean here you 're thinking , Ah all I 'm doing now is where w w get the commas in the right place . |
| 56 | Erm no , he does help me a few things but I do all the digging for him because he ca n't bend down too much . |
| 57 | They need to sort out a few things and they 'll be very competitive . ’ |
| 58 | Then I met up with Alan and , and he read though it and challenged me on a few things and we changed one or two bits , but I 've got my sort of target set out . |
| 59 | Look at you — a few sneezes and she pops you into bed like a six year old . " |
| 60 | The war having started in September , the RAF were accepting a few Americans but they did n't like his record . |