Example sentences of "see a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had seen a few curtains moving in neighbouring houses . |
| 2 | After Tomkins had served the second glass , Robins looked at me almost quizzically , and said , ‘ I 've seen a few doctors come and go in the islands , but you do n't seem to fit into the usual pattern . ’ |
| 3 | Loc stared hard at her for a moment then glanced out across the clearing again , remembering suddenly the expression he 'd seen a few minutes before on the Frenchman 's face . |
| 4 | There was no tension in him : when he was tense there was a rigidity in his neck muscles , a rigidity I 'd watched from the depths of the crowd during the brief day of his trial and seen a few times since , as at Nottingham . |
| 5 | I 'm sure it 's in Pauline 's garden because I 've seen a few times . |
| 6 | Right , okay , my boudoir , I 've just seen a few things together . |
| 7 | Retention alone is not sufficient for comprehension , but without this mental black-board will be difficult to relate the meaning of one word to the meaning of another seen a few seconds later . |
| 8 | Most potholes can only be seen a few yards ahead , and cars swerving without warning hardly contribute to road safety . |
| 9 | Fleischmann and Pons were seeing 25 per cent unaccounted-for heat sometimes and had not yet more than the hope of proving that there were neutrons proving fusion ; Jones claimed to have seen a few neutrons at levels which , while interesting for science and understanding aspects of the Earth , bore no large scale practical benefits — what use is a billionth of a watt ? |
| 10 | She must have seen a few sights in her time . ’ |
| 11 | One was seen a few miles off Newhaven on 21 September 1936 ; one flew east off Langney Point on 15 October 1948 ; One flew east off Langney Point on 19 November 1950 . |
| 12 | The first 10–15 minutes should have seen a few goals in the net for Leeds . |
| 13 | I could see a few figures strung out across it in the gloom . |
| 14 | At the entrance to the grounds of the Chateau I could see a few Commandos . |
| 15 | I gazed upwards and could see a few stars twinkling in the sky , one seemed much brighter than the others . |
| 16 | I would rather see a few children unnecessarily separated from their parents than thousands of them just remain without any parents at all ! [ … ] . |
| 17 | In San Gimignano we can still see a few churches and the towers . |
| 18 | And you wan na see a few t-shirts . |
| 19 | Bows and arrows being the staple of every river vessel 's equipment , their archers shot back , with the wind , and had the satisfaction of seeing a few men and youngsters impaled . |
| 20 | Ecclesiastical fashion is slower in its cycles of change , but after the short sleeves and jeans of Vatican II have worn thin , I would not be surprised to see a few fedoras perched on the heads of priests — perhaps even with a drooping moustache . |
| 21 | We were beginning to see a few icebergs now , incredibly blue and in all kinds of weird shapes ; we had another reminder of just how far north we were , when a biting breeze blew up and it started snowing . |
| 22 | For a moment I did n't even recognise it as the same owl Derek and I had been round to see a few weeks before . |
| 23 | A generous Dalglish said : ‘ Watford played better than the score suggests , but obviously we are pleased to see a few goals go in . ’ |
| 24 | I really enjoy watching boxing and try to get to see a few sports programmes every week . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He flicked his hand and I thought I saw a few spots of red appear on the shiny white tile beside me . |
| 27 | Unusually for me , I saw a few paintings and so on which I thought were lovely , but of course purchase is quite out of the question — and anyway we have no wall space left here ! |
| 28 | They saw a few workmen on bicycles , and perhaps four cars ; and that was all . |
| 29 | The good , the bad , the criminal , the religious Nicodemus that we saw a few weeks ago , all are sinners . |
| 30 | Just as we saw a few weeks ago Zaccheus was , er , between him being up the tree and hitting the ground , that man was converted . |