Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | L Detachment was thus judged ready for operations , and to wind down were given a few days ' leave to be spent in Cairo . |
| 2 | The angels promenaded in neat and pleasing lines , three witches cavorted wildly for a brief moment , and some of the singers were given a few simple but effective steps . |
| 3 | ‘ But when the young folk of the dale were given a few hours off we certainly made the most of it . |
| 4 | The British selectors were given a few tricky European Cup choice problems at Crystal Palace . |
| 5 | They all know that the Bill has been brought to the House in this form only because of the catastrophe of what happened on the Bills that were guillotined a few years ago — the poll tax Bills . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | These concerns were forgotten a few days later when Diana rose at dawn and travelled to the Lambourn home of Nick Gaselee , Charles 's trainer , to watch him ride his horse , Allibar . |
| 8 | Collision fenders were bracketed a few inches below the ends of the baulks . |
| 9 | But French TV pioneered the national exit poll , and the ‘ results ’ were revealed a few seconds after the last ballot slip was boxed . |
| 10 | I was put in touch with a local historian who thought that the stone was possibly a Roman altar stone and said that it had been discovered set into the wall of the church when renovations were made a few years ago . |
| 11 | This grew while the city docks declined and finally were closed a few years ago . |
| 12 | Er , Jim , Birmingham , West er , Midlands er , supporting er , the sectionalization of the union because erm , we were told a few months ago it was passed for nineteen ninety one . |
| 13 | Highlights were shown a few days later on Eurosport but there is no doubt that the tremendous effort from Jeremy Bates and Mark Petchey in the two opening singles matches against Henri Leconte and Guy Forget respectively , and the Bates–Neil Broad battles with the Frenchmen , ( unbeaten in Davis Cup doubles ) , deserved a wider audience . |
| 14 | ( The various P-40 models were renamed a few times — the ‘ A , ‘ B and ‘ Cs were called the Tomahawk ; the ‘ D , ‘ E , ‘ F and ‘ Ks were known as the ‘ Kittyhawk ’ ; and the ‘ L , ‘ M and ‘ Ns were christened Warhawk ) . |
| 15 | We were woken a few minutes before one o'clock in the morning by a phone call from a friend who told us that the insistent thudding we could hear was American artillery fire . |
| 16 | Her underwear and tights , which had been ripped off , were found a few yards away . |
| 17 | you were asked a few questions about the contingency fund , was setting up the contingency fund , had it got any connection at all with the Daily Telegraph article ? |
| 18 | Some others were fitted a few months ago but they have n't been wired up to the Economy meter and we dare n't use them because we would n't be able to afford the bills . ’ |
| 19 | The two agents were arrested in May 1990 , but were released a few days later on grounds of insufficient evidence . |
| 20 | They were married a few months later . |
| 21 | Returned ‘ without any seeking or soliciting ’ on his part to Richard Cromwell 's Parliament in 1659 for Castle Rising , again on a double return , he was allowed to sit but was inactive until the election was overturned a few days before the dissolution in April . |
| 22 | Later , along with two other historians who had , like me , secured entry to Oxford or Cambridge , I was given a few science tutorials in my last term at school . |
| 23 | This preparatory work was practically complete at the outbreak of war and authority was given a few days before for completion . |
| 24 | the county keeper was shaken a few times but not often stirred |
| 25 | After all , he 's only been experiencing the outside world since his vaccination course was completed a few weeks ago . |
| 26 | It was completed a few months after its companion piece ( the G major Quartet Op. 106 and subsequently the composer devoted himself to programmatic tone poems and operas . |
| 27 | The strike was averted a few days before the scheduled date , after Confindustria , yielding to pressure from the government as well as from the unions , agreed to resume pay negotiations in the sectors concerned , and from June 1 , 1991 , to enter into negotiations on a new wage bargaining and indexation system . |
| 28 | Her car was parked a few yards away from the building . |
| 29 | Andrew Fowler was caught a few days later when police discovered the caravan at the girl 's former home . |
| 30 | The state of emergency was lifted a few days later after pollution levels had fallen . |