Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] a few " in BNC.

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1 I weighed it a few minutes later and was delighted , to say the least , when it pulled the needle round to 10lb 3oz .
2 I told him a few home truths , but it was a waste of breath , there was nothing I could do . ’
3 I heard him a few times , he was very very entertaining , very entertaining , nice bloke really .
4 I saw him a few times more , but never alone , I wrote him two letters when I was in Spain , and he sent a postcard back .
5 I saw him a few weeks ago .
6 I saw him a few times more after that , in the months that followed , coming slowly up the lane from the station , as Millie and I stood at the gate .
7 Below it flows the Dorn , known to the Saxons as the Milk , from the cloudiness of its water after rain : and one still sees it as the Saxons saw it a thousand years ago , as I saw it a few minutes ago in the thin rain drifting down from the Cotswolds .
8 No , you do n't : for the simple reason that I suppressed it a few pages ago .
9 He has received a letter from one of the farmers which I sent him a few days ago .
10 He spoke already in terms of collaboration — ‘ I sent you a few studies because you can see from them that she helps me a great deal by posing .
11 I gave her a few days off when William went away .
12 Some of them smelt of oil or grease of a kind she did n't recognize I gave her a few samples from the labs without telling her what they were and she picked out gun oil as being the nearest .
13 I gave him a few of the arsenical tablets I had used in my only cure .
14 After that I got us on to less dangerous ground , and I gave him a few tit-bits of intelligence , which was probably what he 'd been after .
15 And erm we er I gave him a few tips on what to revise on
16 I bought it a few months ago and I was assured they were waterproof . ’
17 shepherds pie yesterday and I did them a few chips with it as well .
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