Example sentences of "see [pers pn] a few " in BNC.

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1 My father did in fact sneak up to see me a few days later .
2 I 've seen him a few times and he 's never made a favourable impression on me !
3 ‘ We have seen her a few times since she has become well known .
4 I had seen her a few times since and remembered her lively face , her large , intelligent eyes which were always looking here , looking there as if one moment 's rest would deny her some crumb of life .
5 Erm I came to see you a few weeks ago at night you know er It 's just like I 'm just filling up , you know , with mucus and stuff and coughing and I had er no sleep for about a week .
6 If a black pupil comes to see her a few times she automatically labels them as troublemakers .
7 ‘ I see from your notes that your doctor saw you a few days ago . ’
8 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 .
9 I saw him a few weeks ago .
10 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 .
11 I only saw him a few times and he seemed to wander around in no-man 's land half the time doing bugger all .
12 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 .
13 And we saw it a few times did n't we ?
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