Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [subord] we " in BNC.
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| 1 | The message probably arrived a few minutes after we left . |
| 2 | ‘ Can I … you know , can I have a few minutes before we go ? , |
| 3 | A few minutes before we were all due on the first tee a tall and sturdy figure , crowned with a near-bald , sun-tanned head , appeared through the crowd . |
| 4 | It was only a few minutes before we decided on the Bell . |
| 5 | ‘ We 'd have half the police force here in a few minutes if we did , ’ she said . |
| 6 | ‘ Just a few things before we start out . |
| 7 | A few things while we wait for a report of some description ( hint hint ; - ) |
| 8 | Anyway , he turned up at my house sometime later and , sure enough , I had n't finished it — so we sat down and did it together , along with a few others while we were in the mood . ’ |
| 9 | Okay , let's let's try and clarify a few points as we go along . |
| 10 | But often we would n't get that straight away ; we 'd have to go through a few guitars before we found the combination of guitar and amp and EQ on the desk . |
| 11 | In that case the Lapp had said he would do it for a few drinks if we had any with us . |
| 12 | A few days before we were due to go , my mother would begin packing . |
| 13 | Our grief at his passing , just a few days before we could celebrate with him his eightieth birthday , is only diminished by the knowledge that he left us knowing that the fruits of his inspired leadership and labours are imperishable . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , exactly — ’ she hrumphed some more — ‘ I said she was still going to be in Maidstone for a few days though we were thinking of moving her to a private hospital . |
| 15 | I hope he can start knocking in a few goals because we need players who want to play for the club . |
| 16 | Gladys Brown and her husband came to number ten quite a few years after we moved in . |
| 17 | As one of the first members recalled , ‘ When we reached thirteen most of us felt we were too big for the Sunday School , and there was a gap of a few years until we were able to join the YMCA at seventeen … |
| 18 | I took Gillian to see Oliver a few weeks after we met . |
| 19 | What I did n't know was that a few months before we started to work together she had written a proposal to the Thai government to start a ‘ machine knitting project ’ in one of her districts . |
| 20 | see that , that come aha , well that carpet we 've got in the sitting room you know , it was , it was twelve hundred pound , only put it down a few , er a few months before we |
| 21 | ‘ We 'll know the number for sure in a few months as we get closer to completion ’ , he says . |
| 22 | We could vaguely make out a few buildings as we caught the bubble up to La Saulire , and then headed down into Courchevel . |
| 23 | I was a little anxious as to payment , which would have been only a few coppers except we had none . |