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 .
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