Example sentences of "about a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | and just make sure about a few things do n't we on the book one . |
2 | Erm I just want to go back and talk about a few things we just touched on earlier . |
3 | In about a few minutes . |
4 | What about a few roses ? ’ |
5 | And all about a few roses . |
6 | ‘ If you were happy together , why should she mind about a few snubs from social snobs who barred you from their visiting-lists for such a reason ? |
7 | The Legenda tell us about a few miracles that he is supposed to have performed , but otherwise he seems to have lived a fairly uneventful outward life . |
8 | When he came to the surface , by some obscure miracle his leash had held , and his board was bobbing about a few yards away . |
9 | I mean we are only talking about a few yards difference . |
10 | Oh , they 've been here about a few years now . |
11 | I know Amy went to see it when it was at the Palace , I 'm talking about a few years ago , |
12 | Some people do n't mind answering machines , I must say , I 'm beginning to get used to them now , I think the problem is that it sort of wrong-foots you , so you get an answering machine , and think ‘ Oh my God ’ , and you know that in about a few seconds time , when you hear that bleep , you 've got to give a concise message which will be intelligible to the person when they replay it , so instead of coming out with sort of babble , you 're forced into thinking what the essence of the message is that you want to leave . |
13 | Digital Equipment Corp now believes COSE really wants it to join , something it was n't quite sure about a few weeks ago . |
14 | Digital Equipment Corp now believes that the Common Open Software Environment crowd really want it to join them , something that it was not quite sure about a few weeks ago . |
15 | It 's not like the prayers that we heard about a few weeks ago , from Paul 's letters to Timothy and Philemon , where he was addressing an individual . |
16 | Or at least , not being bothered about a few whiskers when there were animals to be saved . |