Example sentences of "they [vb past] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they met a few days later in Benghazi they quarrelled and the Zliten boy knifed the Zuwayi in the arm . |
| 2 | Absolutely , just to make more points , they made a few things up , ex , absolutely . |
| 3 | We hear that they made a few proposals of an undetermined nature which we are sure do not involve recording contracts … lives of the rich and famous , eh ? |
| 4 | They passed a few farms , and Lucy tried to control her nervousness by gazing at the lonely homesteads , but in some strange way it conveyed itself to Silas . |
| 5 | Dmitrii Zamiatnin , the deputy Minister of Justice , and Sergei Zarudnyi , Bludov 's assistant at the Second Department , were juridical radicals , but although they registered a few successes in their quest for change ( notably the foundation of the enlightened Journal of the Ministry of Justice in 1859 ) , they needed more than idealism to convert their superiors . |
| 6 | It can not be simply the distortions of hindsight that cast Alison Kraemer in the role of spoiler , for the effect was to throw us all into a foul temper , heightening the existing tensions until they exploded a few days later with devastating results . |
| 7 | They ate a few grains , ignored the rest , and cruised back into their hiding places again . |
| 8 | They lingered a few moments more to admire the Palladian house which stood before them , beyond an ornamental lake crossed by a fine stone bridge , lying in a fold of the rolling parkland , as if held in the palm of a vast green hand . |
| 9 | Vitor enquired , as they joined a few stragglers beside the buffet table . |
| 10 | They walked a few steps further . |
| 11 | They exchanged a few words in what sounded like Spanish . |
| 12 | They exchanged a few banalities and then Patrick asked : ‘ You 're quite sure you did not have golf clubs in your car when you went to Romania ? ’ |
| 13 | After the atmosphere that sparked between them whenever they spent a few hours together … ! |
| 14 | They saw a few hares , two of which the tracker managed to shoot for the pot , and there were buzzards overhead sometimes , but that was all . |
| 15 | They saw a few workmen on bicycles , and perhaps four cars ; and that was all . |
| 16 | ‘ Sorry , ’ said Pooley when they connected a few minutes later . |
| 17 | They circled a few times on the parquet floor in the hall . |
| 18 | At best they had a few lectures in coastal pilotage before joining the minor craft — those carried aboard ships . |
| 19 | Gradually Swindon started to move forward … they had a few corners but never really threatened . |
| 20 | And then she glanced out of the main kitchen window , the one that had a partial view of the terrace ; Angelica looked as well , and saw that they had a few customers arriving and looking around uncertainly at the unstaffed deck . |
| 21 | They had they had a few minutes silence for him when he died down Framlingham . |
| 22 | Erm , he worked , he was their sort of erm they had a few clubs and pubs in this area at the time and er |
| 23 | They had a few ships . |
| 24 | They had a few creams , too — aloe-vera gel and wheat-germ oil ; these could be used as an alternative to the more expensive big-brand names . |
| 25 | He was worried about his father , so he went down , they had a few drinks , then he came back to London . ’ |
| 26 | The news was relayed to the restive citizens that they had a few days ' respite . |
| 27 | They missed a few kicks at goal but they nailed Northampton to their line and worked up such a storm that they had them scurrying all ways . |
| 28 | They wanted a few rupees as protection money — a common arrangement . |
| 29 | Anyway can we after , they , they wanted a few predictions . |