Example sentences of "or [adv] [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bystander at his creation , or rather arriving a few moments after it , would feel justified in assuming that Adam had had a mother , been born and brought up in the usual way , and was in every way like us ; but he would be wrong . |
| 2 | Can you take easy exercise — walking or gently cycling a few miles , running up the stairs , carrying a heavy suitcase a distance — without becoming puffed or stiff ? |
| 3 | Some children were sent to widowed grandmothers to live with them for company , or just sleep a few nights , like the seaman 's daughter on the Western Isles who , when all the men were away at the fishing , ‘ used to sleep with granny … bringing the water from the well and bringing in the peat , tidying up the floor and singing songs , for granny she was a very musical lady , yes she was . ’ |
| 4 | That it is n't that you 've got up on the wrong side or eaten something which did n't agree with you or just need a few days ' rest . |
| 5 | Of course , it 's Bonfire Night , so if you 're off to a display or just having a few sparklers at home , have a great evening . |
| 6 | soc : And I suppose you 'd like more of the same so you can go on pinpointing variation and replicate the studies which have been done to show the same thing in different places , or maybe to include a few more explanatory variables in your statistical model ? |