Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [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 attendant giggled and came back a few minutes later with another bowl of rice and chicken , which Myeloski despatched with his customary enthusiasm .
7 But did n't you come up a few days before us ?
8 Mike come up a few times .
9 Make a note of their position and come back a few weeks later to collect them when they are fully grown .
10 ‘ 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 .
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