Example sentences of "come [adv] [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to come off a few times , y'know , off me own bat , like , but there was too much of it around . |
| 2 | A year or two ago I would have believed him , and maybe the truth would have come out a few months later . |
| 3 | Somewhat naïvely , I had expected it all to be sorted out then and there , but the chap just took my name , gave me a form to fill in and told me to come back a few days later for a full interview . |
| 4 | We half expected them to come back a few days later , but they have never returned to the barn we prepared so painstakingly for them , although they are still sometimes seen in the vicinity . |
| 5 | So I told him all I found out like , when he came down a few days later he gave me two fifty , er two pound ten as it was then you know I was amazed at |
| 6 | The assault came only a few hours after Gorbachev had reassured a Federation Council meeting in Moscow that force would not be used . |
| 7 | The attack came only a few hours after the Thai Interior Minister , Gen. Issarapong Noonpakdi , had issued a " last warning " to the Myanman military to withdraw all its troops from the Thai side of the border . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , the invitation came only a few days before the weekend fixed for the competition , giving the Ayrshire team no time at all to train . |
| 9 | The double explosion came just a few hours after a bomb exploded at Woodside Park tube station . |
| 10 | My son-in-law came home a few weeks ago and confessed he 'd been having an affair with a girl in his office . |
| 11 | The attendant giggled and came back a few minutes later with another bowl of rice and chicken , which Myeloski despatched with his customary enthusiasm . |
| 12 | But did n't you come up a few days before us ? |
| 13 | ‘ Can you just come forward a few steps ? |
| 14 | His mother 's claims come just a few days before the publication of a report into the case of seven mental patients , who died after they were discharged from hospital . |
| 15 | The national competition successes come just a few weeks after site newsletter Risley News was voted the north 's Newsletter of the Year at the Guardian Editing Awards , staged by the Northern region of the BAIE in Manchester . |
| 16 | Mike come up a few times . |
| 17 | Make a note of their position and come back a few weeks later to collect them when they are fully grown . |
| 18 | ‘ We had one of those social workers come round a few weeks ago — she was doing a sort of survey of old age pensioners — some idea that they could live on twenty-five shillings a week for food . |
| 19 | This leap into the future comes only a few months after the dest … ruction by fire of — ’ |
| 20 | Mr Bangemann 's intervention comes only a few weeks after Mr Major accused the President of the German Bundesbank , Helmut Schlesinger , of sabotaging the pound . |