Example sentences of "seen a few [noun] " 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 I have seen a few salmon in my time and caught a few too but this thing was not like a salmon at all .
5 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 .
6 I 'm sure it 's in Pauline 's garden because I 've seen a few times .
7 Right , okay , my boudoir , I 've just seen a few things together .
8 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 .
9 Most potholes can only be seen a few yards ahead , and cars swerving without warning hardly contribute to road safety .
10 Following the reorganisation of the Assessment Services Department , the Field Officer team has seen a few staffing changes .
11 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 ?
12 ‘ Although I had seen a few people through Plump Partners — some of whom are still great friends — romance never really blossomed for me .
13 She must have seen a few sights in her time . ’
14 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 .
15 The first 10–15 minutes should have seen a few goals in the net for Leeds .
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