Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] [noun] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Simon used to work for my father a few years ago , but he … ’ |
| 2 | The cenotaph provides a fitting frontispiece to the chapel and here the memorial garden , cared for by members of the Keyingham Royal British Legion , now houses the remains of the ancient village cross , moved from its site a few yards away where it would have caused an obstruction to modern traffic flow . |
| 3 | The cellist took up his bow , and drew across his instrument a few subdued notes of Bach . |
| 4 | They 'd moved to their cottage a few years ago and ran an electrical business in Didcot . |
| 5 | Like the one she 'd had on her leg a few weeks previously . |
| 6 | Erm , I 'm slightly more concerned though about security in this building and in some of our other main buildings and it brought it home very starkly to me and I 'm sure to all members of the board when we arrived at our meeting a few weeks ago and spent er over two hours standing , we did n't stay out , more or less standing out in the street and . |
| 7 | Gordon included in his presentation a few shots of the journey through the UK to join the tour and some tram photographs . |
| 8 | ‘ I was in Florida a few weeks ago and heard an album cut at my studios a few years ago by the Diamond Accordion Band being played on a pub juke box . |
| 9 | These remarks were made by a Unit General Manager reflecting on his experience a few months after WFP was published . |
| 10 | It did go through my mind a few times , but at the time it does n't seem that important . |
| 11 | Sir , — I congratulate you on the information you have been good enough to send me of your intention to publish a journal for Bishop 's Castle , and I beg leave to offer for your insertion a few remarks on what I think ought to interest your readers — the present position of the question of the extension of the line to your town . |
| 12 | She had stopped undertaking her usual tasks within the home , was eating very little and had taken to her bed a few days previously and had not re-emerged . |
| 13 | Another one to fall by the wayside with a 78 was Ray Floyd , who had picked up the US Open title Norman had let slip through his grasp a few weeks before . |