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

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1 She knew , with a feeling of detachment , that she attracted quite a few stares herself , primarily from men , and that if she had not had André at her side she would have been in very real danger of having to concoct a few efficient exit lines .
2 It was good advice , as she discovered just a few miles out of town when , as he 'd predicted , she found herself in a very different environment .
3 When she grew calmer , he slowly released her and she walked away a few paces , staggering , digging her hands in her pockets and turning her back on him .
4 Quickly she put together a few sandwiches and , suitably dressed for walking , waited impatiently as they chugged slowly towards their planned point of departure .
5 She had quite a few gadgets .
6 I have a niece who erm she had quite a few , she 's won several times .
7 She had perhaps a few spoonfuls of oil ; she was told to pour those minute contents of her jar into jars that might have held a hundred times as much as she had .
8 It was my good fortune to see a lot of Emily Carr and to be counted as a friend , for she claimed she had only a few .
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