Example sentences of "few [noun] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are few prisoners that I know of , and a hundred people live there , including two or three who are official security guards . |
| 2 | So we 've been down there a few times but I said to you did n't I ? |
| 3 | I 've done that quite a few times but it does n't have any lasting effect , so maybe I 'd be a bad catch , ’ he says . |
| 4 | You slipped over a few times but you got up alright did n't you ? |
| 5 | He did this a few times before he realised the result would always be the same . |
| 6 | Hector McDarroch , on the other band , seemed to take a pleasure in showing off his grisly implements , filling the long-needled syringe right in front of my eyes and squirting the cocaine ceilingwards a few times before he started on me . |
| 7 | I only saw Stephen a few times before I went back to prison . |
| 8 | You may need to carry out the above exercises a few times before you get any results . |
| 9 | You 'll read that sort of round and round a few times before you get it straight in your head what 's |
| 10 | ‘ We have seen her a few times since she has become well known . |
| 11 | Just sit down ( I thought the idea was to dance — IM ) and listen to ‘ Yes Please ’ a few times until you realise that Shaun 's lyrics and the band 's music together still mean something to all their fans who follow a band purely for their music … so what were you doing talking to the stupid old Happy Mondays after all ? |
| 12 | I only saw him a few times and he seemed to wander around in no-man 's land half the time doing bugger all . |
| 13 | I 'm very upfront about being happily married — I 've brought Nick into the office a few times and I mention him in conversation whenever it 's appropriate . |
| 14 | You were right about him being mentioned in the Eye ; appeared a few times and I got the cuts up … ’ |
| 15 | " Oh I 've been 'ere a few times and I 've heard some bleedin' awful screams comin' out of that room . |
| 16 | When domestic pigs go feral , it 's only a few generations before they start to look like the ancestral Eurasian wild boar . |
| 17 | No sooner had she begun manufacturing a few defences than he demolished them with a flick of his finger . |
| 18 | We 're seeing just a few cases and I do n't deny the fact that occasionally there are bullies in the Army . |
| 19 | A storm arrives from the west , the snow falling so thickly in a few minutes that I fear I will lose my way . |
| 20 | She knew with total certainty that her imagination had n't been playing tricks , and that it was the second time in only a few minutes that she 'd heard those precise words . |
| 21 | In the few minutes that he had been preparing dinner , the water drippng from his clothes had formed a pool round his feet . |
| 22 | Aye , we 'll just have a wee few minutes before we set them up . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Can I … you know , can I have a few minutes before we go ? , |
| 24 | It was only a few minutes before we decided on the Bell . |
| 25 | He informs his head of security only a few minutes before he wants to go somewhere , not trusting even him . |
| 26 | Rather unfairly , as he had been very nice that morning , it was a few minutes before I remembered there was a third guest present . |
| 27 | Fran murmured her thanks as the woman collected the dog and went on her way , but it was a few minutes before she followed her . |
| 28 | She considered the question for a few minutes before she replied , ‘ Barbados takes a bit of getting used to , but its good points far outweigh the bad . |
| 29 | If it was , I reckoned I had a few minutes while he walked back there . |
| 30 | Just give me a few minutes while I get dressed and I shall be ready to go with you . |