Example sentences of "[verb] [art] few [noun pl] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He held out the salver to Galvone who took the sheet , unfolded it , read the few words on the paper and handed it to Hauser . |
| 2 | He took up a pen and drew a few lines on a notepad — meaningless lines that irritated her as she watched . |
| 3 | He scribbled a few lines on a scrap sheet to get the hang of Sampson 's cramped style , and then he started to fill in the form . |
| 4 | The Clio reaches us in perfect condition , excepting a few scuffs on the steel wheel trims . |
| 5 | Now you say well why do a U-turn I see no reason why because they done a few U-turns on the child benefit they done a U-turn , they picked it up and then blocked it . |
| 6 | A new age in chemistry , where the problem of measuring some molecular property could be resolved by pushing a few keys on a computer , has not materialised — the reason is that ab initio calculation for any but the simplest of systems remain beyond the reach of the most advanced computers . |
| 7 | We put a few records on the jukebox and got him to mime along . |
| 8 | President Bush has yet to be convinced that ‘ going green ’ will translate into real votes come the presidential election later in the year , and his advisers ( who enjoy nothing so much as bashing a few Greens on the media before breakfast ) have sown so many doubts in his mind about ‘ the lack of scientific evidence ’ that global warming is not seen to be one of the challenges he now faces — despite the fact that his country is responsible for nearly 30 per cent of all emissions of carbon dioxide , the main greenhouse gas . |
| 9 | Today , with just over a month to go before the general election , it only merited a few lines on the inside pages . |
| 10 | The radical Mamba darabiner turned a few eyes on the DMM stand . |
| 11 | She was in food time this morning , and could spend a few minutes on the bridge , looking at the river . |
| 12 | " Oh , lay off , " said Clelia , and pulled away from him , and skipped a few steps on the green short grass , and then did rather a professional cartwheel . |
| 13 | The feel of them brought him back into the attic room , to the confusion that made a few words on a piece of paper into a lifeline . |
| 14 | Do you want a few chips on a plate nan ? |
| 15 | This kind of thinking has n't featured in election campaigning , so though friends warn me that I 'll be submerged in a great placid pool of meditation , I 'm off to Dartington to gather a few hints on the ideas that ought to guide our future . |
| 16 | Bruce was not so lucky , but in this particular year , he had a good week with his stock prices and could afford to lose a few shillings on the nags as he called them . |
| 17 | I know I 've fallen a few rungs on the ladder , but at least I 've been there and done it . ’ |
| 18 | In offices with E-mail systems a fax can be copied to hundreds of different destinations without having to do more than make a few entries on the key-board . |
| 19 | I collected a few birds on the way , among them a splendid Eagle which I killed at Perth . |
| 20 | At the same time you might score a few wounds on the enemy , and with a huge rank bonus and bonus from your standard you stand as good a chance as you 're going to get . |
| 21 | Well I 'm sorry like but I was getting a few interruptions on the landing |
| 22 | Before going ahead and mixing a perfume as directed in the ‘ Aromatic Concoctions ’ section , the easiest and perhaps the most economical way to experiment is to put a few drops on a damp cotton wool stick . |
| 23 | I spent a few years on The Scotsman and then to Thomson House to join The Guardian soon after it dropped the ‘ Manchester ’ from its title and started printing in London . |
| 24 | Occasionally , when she came over from England with Neil , they 'd go out and take a few pigeons on a Sunday morning , but his heart was n't in it . |
| 25 | Diana not only ostentatiously wore outfits that she had been seen in before — to knock a few criticisms on the head about the money she spent on her wardrobe — but she also seized the opportunity to kill off a few more misconceptions . |
| 26 | What I want you to do between now and the end of the lesson , ah , wait for it , in your rough books , ah I want you to start writing down ideas of the things that are important to you , but before we do that , let's just have a few starters on the board , let's have some hands up . |
| 27 | In fact , I do n't know an actor who was n't actually brought up in LA and who has n't spent a few nights on the beach . |
| 28 | Before I cover this particular problem , it is worth spending a few paragraphs on the bladder itself and its function . |
| 29 | Skip brought a few friends on the boat when he found the Soviets were not skilled ocean racers ( it became most apparent in Alexei 's case ) . |
| 30 | They circled a few times on the parquet floor in the hall . |