Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [coord] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news .
2 Mrs Rumney looked at me in silence for a few moments and I saw in her face the dawning of relief and hope .
3 He came into the kitchen after a few moments and she turned away , wandering to the far side to get away from him , battling with the sudden incredible desire to break down and sob like a little girl who had done the wrong thing yet again .
4 She was bearing up well , a few bruises but nothing serious .
5 Ie you choose a few players and you work out your result depending upon how those players did on saturday .
6 I 've done nothing since Cape Town except swing a golf club and sink a few tins and I 'm enjoying myself . ’
7 We did so , heaving and pushing until the bed moved a few inches and I saw the slight scorch mark on the stone floor beneath .
8 I 've spoken to right er and owes me a few favours and I 've said er would you consider her completing her training until the end of May middle of May which she does at the and then if she 's any good , take her on , providing she gets a driving licence .
9 There are going to be quite a few discharges but I mean it was you know
10 The jeep driver was pleased at the opportunity to get away for a few hours and we set off about 3 p.m. , arriving in the area of the Highland Division a short time later , after following their divisional signs along the country lanes .
11 Only a few hours and she would be with him again .
12 We 're seeing just a few cases and I do n't deny the fact that occasionally there are bullies in the Army .
13 Still , he prepared her cigarettes for her at least , filling a saucer with a few butts and plenty of ash .
14 just a few lights and what we were doing was cleaning
15 Pass a few exams and I 'd do lots of shows and festivals when I 've won money for my dance school .
16 I 'd pass a few ex a few exams and I 'd do lots of shows and festivals and I 've won money for my dance school .
17 I 'll get him I 'll get er Jane to give me a few dates and we 'll suit choose a suitable date and we 'll try all of the aspects everything about A L O work about the training , some of these we 've almost got solutions to ourselves we ought to be careful erm , if we can er draw up a proper agenda and discuss with him all of those issues
18 Only a few professors and their favourite students seem to have read enough to be able to consider a matter of style with any data at their disposal — these and a few poets of the better sort …
19 We 've gone a few rounds and we 're still good friends .
20 whatever you want to do , but it 's not worth doing anything else other than we 're going to play a few games but they 're
21 We may have to look at a few options but there are not many .
22 Erm so I 've bought a few bottles and I do n't
23 The back line made a few errors but there was n't anyone on the Southampton side able to take advantage .
24 The airport fire service was alongside the wreck within a few minutes but there was little the firemen could do .
25 For a complicated shape this may take a few minutes but it is much more controlled than some of the automatic methods .
26 Yeah , and they 're only out for a few minutes and they 're fed up out there as well , and backwards and forwards like a fiddlers elbow go on I want to put those lupins in
27 The incident was under control within a few minutes and no-one was injured .
28 I wonder if you 'd care to wander up for a few minutes and we could perhaps move this matter of Gray on a bit ?
29 Each individual hearing lasted only a few minutes and none of the accused was allowed legal representation .
30 We talked for a few minutes and he was in great spirits .
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