Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [Wh adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are also a few cases where we can roughly predict the location of a particular error . |
| 2 | ‘ We went a few rounds when I was big enough to stand up to him . ’ |
| 3 | MASTER potter Michael Hughes hopes to raise more than just a few laughs when he takes part in a marathon charity event . |
| 4 | Anton Rogan ( central defender/full back ) : Brought a few smiles when he revealed his ‘ grandad ’ vest at Stamford Bridge , but his switch to the heart of defence has proved to be an inspirational decision by Malcolm Crosby . |
| 5 | It seemed that I was asleep for just a few minutes when I was awakened by some noisy bastard shouting into the trench . |
| 6 | On several of the meres I fish I can tell to within a few minutes when I will get bites . |
| 7 | I had not been counting own goals for more than a few minutes when I heard extraordinary sounds coming from my wardrobe . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I 'd been on the boat a few minutes when I heard someone pounding along the gangway and going ashore , so I knew I 'd been right . ’ |
| 9 | I had been walking for only a few minutes when I was surprised to see Miss Stapleton sitting on a rock ahead of me . |
| 10 | I asked Kim to put down on paper in a few sentences how she felt about her new shape . |
| 11 | Glenn Hoddle raised more than a few eyebrows when he took over at the County Ground last April . |
| 12 | Gradual encroachment by landowners stealing a few feet whenever they cultivated adjacent fields had severely reduced the width of the original ‘ cordons sanitaire ’ . |
| 13 | As Betty talked about the rain of the previous days the builder spoke briefly of water tables ; as she deplored the unemployment in the principality he gave a succinct resumé of the economic situation ; as , somewhat at a loss , she praised the sun for now shining , Emyr described in a few words how it would eventually burn itself out . |
| 14 | ‘ Hopefully I will be able to continue with a few engagements when I return to Northern Ireland . ’ |
| 15 | However , we had n't gone more than a few yards when she stopped and turned around . |
| 16 | The Officer had gone a few yards when he suddenly fell to the ground . |
| 17 | He had only walked a few yards when he noticed an elderly lady approaching him in a somewhat hesitant manner . |
| 18 | Glen Campbell used a similar approach on a few tracks when he did the sessions for The Everlys ' wonderful Great Country Hits album of 1963 . |
| 19 | ‘ I always pop into the Prince of Wales for a few bevvies when I leave here , so does Fred . |
| 20 | I went off to school camp for a few days when I was ten , and Mum suggested I took some sanitary towels with me in case my period started , but I dismissed this as silly and unnecessary . |
| 21 | I should add that there are also a great many flowers that seem to have rather negative meanings , such as the lovely little lawn daisy , which apparently means ‘ delay ’ , or ‘ return after a few days when I may give you an answer ’ — not necessarily the most suitable text to put on a bookmark . |
| 22 | There are quite a few situations where it is normal for the tonic syllable to come earlier in the tone-unit . |
| 23 | There were only a few occasions when I remembered the news room falling silent as news came in via satellite . |
| 24 | Jackie concluded : ‘ Jasper certainly was n't born with a silver spoon in his mouth , but there are quite a few occasions when he needs one now — of the sugar variety , of course ! ’ |
| 25 | That was , that was what the crew were getting four pound a week and course my father that time he done away with a cabin boy so I had to do more or less two jobs , see if I were n't working on deck I 'd go down and clean the cabins and that 's how , that 's how we kept the money going course then after a few years when they got to the finish about nineteen thirty one then the harbourmaster turned round and he ruc reduced our wages five shillings a week , so we were getting three pound fifteen a week . |
| 26 | I can just imagine what it 's gon na look like in a few years when it gets |
| 27 | Modigliani saw the potential of the boy , who ironically became Beatrice 's lover within a few years when he was 18 and she was over 40 . |
| 28 | ‘ Even if he only lived here for a few years when he was small , I wanted him to know something of his roots , to be aware of his background . ’ |
| 29 | Picture a once decent apartment building in the Bronx , New York , a part of the city where poverty , drug abuse , AIDS , and prostitution abound , and witness over a few years how it is transformed into a miserable squat and ultimately bulldozed to make way for a new police station . |
| 30 | ‘ There are a few places where we might meet one such … . ’ |