Example sentences of "over a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway I was going over a few things in my mind . |
| 2 | Turning over a few leaves . |
| 3 | ‘ Someone tried to run him over a few hours ago . |
| 4 | Kayley Desmond , 14 months , had suffered three respiratory attacks where she suddenly stopped breathing over a few hours , Nurse Maxine Motley told Nottingham Crown Court . |
| 5 | After a while , Corbett nodded , handed over a few coins and left , his face wreathed in a complacent smile . |
| 6 | If you turn over a few chapters in Matthew , into chapter fourteen , you 've got another er watery illustration there , it 's , Jesus is coming towards the disciples , he walking on the water ! |
| 7 | ‘ We would like to go over a few points relating to the Livesey murder , ’ Bragg said evenly . |
| 8 | I WAS IN the office checking over a few invoices and trying to locate the squeak on my swivel chair when the phone rang . |
| 9 | An Experiment ( 5 ) Extending Over a Few Days |
| 10 | Being of a so-called good family does n't mean much these days , and the sort of money required to keep things ticking over a few years back does n't get you anywhere now . |
| 11 | Picture a once decent apartment building in the Bronx , New York , a part of the city where poverty , drug abuse , AIDS , and prostitution abound , and witness over a few years how it is transformed into a miserable squat and ultimately bulldozed to make way for a new police station . |
| 12 | ‘ I sometimes wonder what people must think to hear him haggling over a few dollars . |
| 13 | Second , the scope of what New Historicism involves is continuously changing , and the conflicts between contending views are often localised over a few issues . |
| 14 | About 20 trainees may be brought together for about ten days spread over a few months , interspersed with more in-bureau case study exercises and observation . |