Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he opened his eyes , spoke a few words and eventually tried a few tentative steps round his hospital room . |
| 2 | Festive food should be fun as well as tasty , so pick a few items of specialist kitchen equipment and tableware to add the finishing touches to your yuletide table spread . |
| 3 | I was only given a few days ' notice . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the list of Confluent words which follows disregards the stances involved , which number almost nine thousand and are all named , and merely offers a few definitions , some of which must be regarded as tentative . |
| 5 | One man 's father told coastguards that normally the group only travelled a few miles along the coast on the speedboat trips . |
| 6 | Okay erm let's perhaps make a few comments then about the Vienna settlement itself . |
| 7 | Each year we naturally lose a few active teachers through ill-health , retirement or when having babies ! |
| 8 | As our bodies can only make a few of the necessary vitamins we need , they must be provided by what we eat . |
| 9 | So is the main report true ? only got a few seconds , I 'm sorry . |
| 10 | Well I only got a few responses so the rest of the votes I made up . |
| 11 | You only got a few minutes did n't you ? |
| 12 | Even if you are only seeing a few people there should be someone to greet them on arrival and make them feel they have come to the right place on the right day . |
| 13 | When they called on us , they would always say to Mum , ‘ Fanny , we came to see how you are getting on , but we can only stay a few minutes . ’ |
| 14 | N.B. : We have only listed a few Zionist atrocities as to list them all , as with the crimes of the IRA , would fill a book or two . |
| 15 | Sometimes the image would only remain a few seconds . |
| 16 | Unlike many other contracts , the courts have not exercised a strong influence over the framework of this relationship and the common law only imposes a few terms upon leasehold parties . |
| 17 | No there seems no logic in taking a , a long barrelled weapon er in as much as the team leader perhaps has a few more responsibilities than the other officers have and I would be going forward to handcuff whoever was in that bo er in that bedroom . |
| 18 | If you can only wait a few — ’ |
| 19 | It was a routine call on the bereaved Mrs Place who had lost her father and who might soon be a widow , who had perhaps shed a few tears , but not very many . |
| 20 | One classic er case that only occurred a few years ago and it was way before bonfire night , but erm , people working from home to try and make a little bit of pin money , a young lady had taken on the task of putting sparklers into five into a little bag for a particular manufacturer . |
| 21 | Trinity Square still proving to be very busy so expect a few minutes wait if you want to get yourself parked in there and have a couple of minutes wait if you want to get into the Victoria Centre that 's at the York Street entrance . |
| 22 | It is obviously every bit as important to respect the wild flowers in a foreign country as it is in one 's own , and not to pick large quantities of anything as you will only need a few pieces to create a floral souvenir of your trip . |
| 23 | So you 've obviously dropped a few marks on that . |
| 24 | ‘ Only installed a few weeks back . |
| 25 | Pennyroyal , a type of mint , is effective against fleas so attach a few dried pennyroyal leaves to your pet 's collar . |
| 26 | If it merely has a few extra grammes of plutonium squirrelled away ( something explicable as an oversight — or the ‘ oops ’ factor ) , then it might be ready to end its quarrel with the rest of the world in return for a deal that could even bring diplomatic recognition from America , together with trade and aid from South Korea and Japan . |
| 27 | Patting a horse , instead of stroking or scratching it , only has a few valid uses : as a muscular relaxant and distraction ; and as a part of ‘ breaking-in ’ so that the horse gets used to things thumping around on its back before it is actually ridden . |
| 28 | Even if you make a complete mess of it , the model only has a few inches to fall . |
| 29 | Typically , the net contains many nodes , but each node only has a few inputs : N is quite small . |
| 30 | He discarded his captain Wayne Shelford in a rather messy episode in mid-1990 only to find a few months later that Shelford 's replacement also had his faults . |