Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] but " in BNC.
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1 | She was bearing up well , a few bruises but nothing serious . |
2 | There are going to be quite a few discharges but I mean it was you know |
3 | In some parts of the country the extra charge amounts to just a few pounds but the average figure in County Durham and Cleveland is £20 . |
4 | Alternatively the Goblin might survive the impact and bounce around two or three times , possibly breaking a few bones but definitely causing considerable damage to the enemy he lands on . |
5 | whatever you want to do , but it 's not worth doing anything else other than we 're going to play a few games but they 're |
6 | He struggled through a few games but a swollen knee indicated his problems were not over . |
7 | Gradually Swindon started to move forward … they had a few corners but never really threatened . |
8 | I saw her knock back a few glasses but never saw her tight ! |
9 | We may have to look at a few options but there are not many . |
10 | We have got a few members but enjoy ourselves . |
11 | They may concede that there may be frictional teething problems lasting a few years or even a few decades but argue that these are overcome eventually . |
12 | The back line made a few errors but there was n't anyone on the Southampton side able to take advantage . |
13 | The airport fire service was alongside the wreck within a few minutes but there was little the firemen could do . |
14 | The effect began within a few minutes but took an hour or more to reach a maximum . |
15 | For a complicated shape this may take a few minutes but it is much more controlled than some of the automatic methods . |
16 | Okay then , welcome to everyone , and er hopefully a few minutes but if it does |
17 | They chatted for a few minutes but Treloar had nothing more to say . |
18 | I I can give you an accurate price in a few minutes but roughly you 'd pay about five pounds more |
19 | I do n't mind if he reads for a few minutes but that 's it . |
20 | Moran rattled the newspaper a few times but by the time he could look around the three children were locked back into their school books . |
21 | The fish have bred a few times but each time the fry have died . |
22 | ‘ I 've tried quite a few times but mine are never any good . ’ |
23 | He recycled the wheels a few times but still the lights remained on . |
24 | I 've done that quite a few times but it does n't have any lasting effect , so maybe I 'd be a bad catch , ’ he says . |
25 | I only saw it open a few times but as far as I remember there were a couple of old ledgers and a stack of pocket files . ’ |
26 | I mean you 've got to try and keep yourself afloat , and then even that 's not going to help you , if nobody comes along and picks you up either , so I mean that But I mean I I did n't Oh well I Suppose I could say I gave up hope a few times but obviously if you s The struggle to survive comes through in the long run , and I mean it 's it 's not easy to give up hope , |
27 | it 's been uppermost in my mind a few times but the I daresay I would n't go to prison the first time . |
28 | Yeah he was more real I mean when you sort of just sit there she , she threw me off track a few times but er he was more realistic so therefore . |
29 | It 's been toyed with a few times but as far I 'm aware , this is probably the first serious attempt — certainly at the sort of scale we 're talking of — to use a perched beach to provide coastal protection . |
30 | the county keeper was shaken a few times but not often stirred |