Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er he advertised and got quite a few . |
| 2 | She earns between $800 and $1,000 a month , lives in one furnished room , and has just a few possessions of her own . |
| 3 | Amongst those who have fallen prey to their charms are none other than the Beaujolais Brothers , who whisked the merry troupe off to their chateau and cracked open a few bottles of ultra-rare white Beaujolais Nouveau . |
| 4 | Your recollections will no doubt revive a lot of memories for many of our older readers and provide quite a few talking points for younger ones . |
| 5 | The tattoo was a moment 's impulse and cost just a few pounds , but now it 's taking up the time and resources of the NHS . |
| 6 | She was so happy with them , she called them Dad and Mum and living only a few streets away from her real mother , would visit her daily , calling her ‘ My mother 's sister ’ . |
| 7 | We also spent a lot on advertising , and selected just a few really good author interviews . |
| 8 | Standard size is 16 x 25 x 39in , which is 40 x 63 x100cm , quite enough for a largish kite , and costing only a few pennies . |
| 9 | The influence of overseas coaches and players in rugby league has raised the standard of individual players enormously , and added quite a few numbers through the turnstiles . |
| 10 | Thus the remarkable situation developed in which the top-ranking male Kendo and his younger brother Fitz were completely excluded from the meat-eating scrum , and the number-two male Macho was barely tolerated and allowed only a few tiny morsels . |
| 11 | Use leaves from your most decorative house plants and add just a few perfect blooms to create a beautiful corsage for a special occasion . |
| 12 | Stephen is a boy of mixed Jamaican and St Vincentian parentage , born and raised only a few miles away from the white girl who provided the first narrative . |
| 13 | South of Loch Hourn is the wilderness of Knoydart known as the Rough Bounds , a region entirely without motor roads and having only a few lonely and unfrequented tracks through the mountain fastnesses . |
| 14 | 200 yds later , by another stile , fence veers half right , path turns right here , still uphill and now away from fence and bends right a few yards later up to stile into field . |
| 15 | Russell , who is again captain of the touring squad , again travelled to New Zealand to play for Mount Maunganui and while the team did not fare too well , the Stirling County professional was pleased with his form , averaging over 40 and taking quite a few wickets . |
| 16 | There are Houseparties on several other Greek islands , in Menorca ( with its own pool and tennis court ) , on the Algarve ( own pool ) , and at a lovely location in Kenya on Diani Beach , where once you 've gawped at the game there 's a centre to distract you with windsurfing , SCUBA diving and sailing just a few yards through the palm trees . |
| 17 | A simple solution is to use an old film canister and carry just a few hooks leaving the open box at home out of harm 's way . |
| 18 | Someone or something had been through the fridge and taken away a few samples of earthling diet — a chilli con carne and a cold lasagne that was probably even now being scoffed by a load of blobs up in the ionosphere . |
| 19 | ‘ My husband lived practically next door to a children 's home when he was young and had quite a few friends in there , ’ said Jackie . |
| 20 | After that you 'd think that Cov would man-mark Wallace out of the game and throw forward a few players . |
| 21 | I take I take , only occasionally I go mad and let ripe and have quite a few , other times I just be on an orange juice and lemonade |
| 22 | They defeated Rother and Grange ‘ C ’ by wide margins and need only a few more points to be totally beyond reach . |
| 23 | He arrived a few weeks before me at the Elephant and retired just a few weeks before I left the department after the 1987 general election . |