Example sentences of "a few [n mass] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few folk went to his place before sunrise yesterday , just to let him know he had better have no hand in the lists . |
| 2 | Sums laid out by administrators ranged from hundreds of pounds spent repaying deceased 's debts to a few pence spent mending children 's shoes . |
| 3 | Until now , however , only a few data pointed to the production of platelet activating factor in physiological processes . |
| 4 | The following evening , when everyone returned to the hotel , quite a few fish had been caught , even a couple of Naver salmon . |
| 5 | He added : ‘ A few people had their eyes opened . |
| 6 | ‘ What 's it to thee ? ’ someone shouted , but already a few people had backed away from the horse , moving to a safer distance . |
| 7 | After a few people had played , my turn arrived . |
| 8 | ‘ A few people told me it could n't be done but the prep races all fitted into his programme and we would hope to do something along similar lines next time . |
| 9 | Only a few people knew about them . |
| 10 | A few people stared . |
| 11 | One of the problems a few people said clear the ditches , well that 's not true we , there is a , there is a , the law is erm very er diverse on this subject , it 's er in certain cases , it 's landowners , the farmers erm and that those have been neglected , we 're paying the cost of really complacency . |
| 12 | I think mostly erm , I think that the audits have gone erm , very well actually erm , people are following the procedures and they are at times , they are a little bit slipping up erm , enquiries seem to be an area and filling in the enquiry form properly and making sure that it is copied to the divisional enquiry file erm , a few people fell down on that erm , but in most cases the procedures were followed virtually to a letter . |
| 13 | If the winning shot ever comes from a longbow again , quite a few people thought it would mean the end of that meeting and adjournment to the pub to spend the rest of the day celebrating ! |
| 14 | A few people thought I was making a living in something other than fashion , if you see what I mean . ’ |
| 15 | Despite a major publicity campaign , only a few people thought they 'd seen her or even spoken to her . |
| 16 | When Liverpool beat them 7-1 in a pre-season friendly a few months ago I think a few people thought the Prenton bubble had burst . |
| 17 | It was nothing more than ridiculous hysteria and totally unreal , but only a few people saw this and John Keith in Forres was one of them . |
| 18 | Luckily no one drowned but a few people got very wet ! |
| 19 | A few people got terribly carried away , leaping up to voice their guilt at John being kidnapped and saying that it should have been them . |
| 20 | A few people came by but I 'd swear no one saw me . |
| 21 | Peter Donaldson said that quite a few people came into his shop and tried to exchange Dillons vouchers under the misapprehension that they were Book Tokens . |
| 22 | A few people came back with ‘ O Jesus ! ’ or ‘ Yes , Jesus ! ’ but nobody was ready for talking in tongues or , indeed , listening to people talking in tongues , which I have often thought is much the more taxing of the two options . |
| 23 | Although , officially , steerage passengers were only allowed there at certain times , no-one took any notice if a few people walked the deck . |
| 24 | A few people ran round to see how she was and he just stood at the window watching with a shotgun . ’ |
| 25 | A few people ran round to see how she was and he just stood at the window watching with a shotgun . ’ |
| 26 | Woosnam himself , angry at the time of the incident at the 13th , said this week that ‘ only a few people spoilt it for a lot ’ . |
| 27 | A few people stayed loyal to the traditional beer , but they risked being scoffed at by their more fashionable friends . |
| 28 | A few people stopped to watch . |
| 29 | A few people sat there also , talking , and some again were sitting around in the long lower lounge to the rear . |
| 30 | A few people sat on the floor ( no chairs in the drama studio ) and jumped straight to their feet again as an outbreak of jeering laughter told them that they 'd got it wrong . |