Example sentences of "a few [noun sg] [noun pl] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1	Home Office Ministers fiddled while tyres and a few petrol bombs burned .
2	A few Village respondents included broad ideological statements along with their other arguments , but all respondents concentrated mainly on statements about the anticipated effects of the loss of a particular school on life in a particular community .
3	Interviewees reported that a few service users had refused to allow their names to be placed on a mental health database .
4	A few emergency circuits gave off a faint glow .
5	A few surprise upsets occurred during the Midland Bank/LTA Trust British Students Tennis Championships , held at a Bristol University at the end of June .
6	Shortly after Chaptal 's publication a few Champagne manufacturers began to add the sugar , not at the time of pressing , but immediately prior to bottling in order to promote the second fermentation or , as the French call it , the prise de mousse .
7	As well as the above scale type there are also a few arpeggio ideas employed .
8	A few TV companies came and went ; it seemed very dark when their harsh lights had gone , but gradually my eyes got used to the gloom and I knew if I looked round I would see comforting , familiar faces , as people took their seats in the rows of chairs in front of the altar .
9	A few fishing boats sat in the lagoon , some outrigger canoes were drawn up on the sand and one small pleasure yacht , which must have come from another island , was anchored to a buoy .
10	A few crofting families clung on there until the 19th century but the island is now uninhabited .
11	Sadly , however , a few Opposition Members sought to block the Bill as it neared the end of its passage through Parliament .
12	A few Opposition Members told us that smoking costs the national health service £437 million a year .
13	As well as the above scale type there are also a few chordal/arpeggio ideas used .

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