Example sentences of "[vb pp] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Confidence wins battles ; even false confidence has won a few . |
| 2 | ‘ Put it this way , I was approached a few months ago by a couple of guys in one of my clubs who said that they wanted to see the gaffer . |
| 3 | Recently my own son was attacked a few yards from Princes Street . |
| 4 | Instead , after I had anointed a few of the more important Poles with precious substances , I built a dam system . |
| 5 | Joe 's father had worked for her father , and Joe himself had earned a few shillings helping out , when he was a scrawny boy with a runny nose . |
| 6 | He forbore to add that Poll might have earned a few more blows as the result of Sally-Anne 's intervention , to prevent her from involving anyone else in future . |
| 7 | On the way they 've run up Ben Nevis and Snowdonia … swum across Loch Lomond and Derwent Water and cycled the rest of the way … they 're hoping to raise thousands for charity and after 1200 miles have earned a few days off … |
| 8 | The presence of the Seoul 100 metres silver medallist might have attracted a few more through the turnstiles had the Scottish AAA not agreed to keep his entry a secret at the request of the athlete himself , a fact which inevitably leaked out leaving the promoters somewhat embarrassed . |
| 9 | The pension had attracted a few more guests than Herr Zimmerman 's complaints had given him to expect . |
| 10 | In the area in which we are interested , there was a ‘ Sutton Garage ’ and a ‘ Sutton Depôt ’ , the latter actually being located a few yards across the boundary into Carshalton . |
| 11 | Without it , my version occupied a few seconds under fifteen minutes . |
| 12 | She might still have shed a few tears when the dogs were put down but those tears could have represented a fitting tribute of respect to lovely creatures whom human beings treat so shabbily . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She had fought him off like a veritable wildcat when he 'd slung a few well-deserved insults at her , and then had had the gall to deny she had turned traitor , although her brother held his castle for Matilda , and God only knew what she , herself , had done for the Empress . |
| 15 | The ground either end of the bridge had dropped a few inches . |
| 16 | So you 've obviously dropped a few marks on that . |
| 17 | We have let a few people remix a few things , just for fun , but normally I would n't want to change it ; it had a certain magic at the time . |
| 18 | It was not completely unknown because my father had let a few art lovers see it , and , later on , some researchers into Modigliani . |
| 19 | Must be twenty come in without and paying , and I 've let a few in for |
| 20 | I 've lifted a few sacks of taters in me time , but I do n't reckon to lift thee ! ’ |
| 21 | The state of emergency was lifted a few days later after pollution levels had fallen . |
| 22 | He 'd scattered a few items around the place so that anybody looking in through the window would get the impression that the owner was in residence but out for the day or the evening : a box of tissues and some magazines in the main room , a half-empty bottle of fresh milk and some crockery draining in the kitchen . |
| 23 | Although the large Gothic window of the chapel was replaced by a smaller one , and bay windows were added a few years later , it is still , in Pugin 's own words , ‘ the only modern building that is complete in every part in the ancient style ’ . |
| 24 | CROSBY , STILLS AND NASH , legendary '60s folk-rockers , have added a few dates to follow up their sold-out Albert Hall show at Dublin 's Point . |
| 25 | The old Apache Group , now restyled the Mips ABI Group , has added a few members ( current count is 16 ) and is going to stage a rally later this month to wheel out the promised ABI . |
| 26 | Here and there the doctor had added a few words . |
| 27 | But we 've added a few you see and we 're concerned about the spots . |
| 28 | If only it had come a few years earlier . |
| 29 | Into this situation have come a few rude intrusions . |
| 30 | Perched a few feet from the top of the 1,000ft Glenshane Pass is one of N. Ireland 's most famous pubs , and probably also ’ its ’ highest , The Ponderosa . |