Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb infin] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's certainly made me laugh a few times ! |
| 2 | Let me give a few illustrations . |
| 3 | Let me give a few examples : I can will knowledge but not wisdom ; going to bed but not sleeping ; eating but not hunger … self-assertion but not courage … reading but not understanding … |
| 4 | Let me give a few examples of vanished empires which at the time seemed invincible . |
| 5 | Erm let me make a few announcements erm firstly Longmans the publishers are producing a large and they hope definitive dictionary of the English language and in aid of this they have asked various universities to produce examples , recorded examples of academic monologue and we 've agreed to cooperate and that is what this little piece of electronic wizardry is in aid of in case you were wondering . |
| 6 | Having endorsed this as a learning technique , let me make a few recommendations and observations of my own and list my personal ‘ top ten ’ . |
| 7 | Let me read a few verses , reading first of all from verse twelve it says , that when they believed Philip preaching the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ , they were baptized men and women alike . |
| 8 | Look what Jesus says here in Luke chapter thirteen , in verse twenty four , just let me pick a few phrases out , verse twenty four it says shall not be able in verse twenty five there was their cry Lord open to us and in verse twenty seven their response depart from me the result in verse twenty eight there was gon na be weeping it was n't gon na be universal , they were not all gon na be saved , they were not all just gon na be swept in in the last day and did n't really matter , you 're all buddies together now in heaven , not at all , this surely what Jesus says here makes it very clear that all will not be saved if at first we 've already mentioned in John er no sorry verse further on in John three this done verse thirty six he who believes in the son has eternal life , but he who does not obey the son shall not see life but the wrath of God abides upon him , there 's no suggestion there of being ultimately brought in to God 's heaven and ultimately being saved , no it is the wrath of God abideth upon that person . |
| 9 | Let me say a few things about this . |
| 10 | Let us consider a few cases . |
| 11 | Let us consider a few exanples . |
| 12 | ‘ From what I heard you say a few minutes ago , you 're not feeling quite so grateful for the job now . ’ |
| 13 | At the moment I 'm training a red-tailed buzzard and only letting it move a few inches — just off my fist and back again . |
| 14 | I 'd like to see him have a few failures and see how he handles that . ’ |
| 15 | " That 'll make him ask a few questions , " he thought . |
| 16 | She pushes off and lets herself drift a few feet above the ground , holding her skirt round her knees . |
| 17 | I saw him play a few times last year when they were still in the premier div. and was fairly impressed however I have n't seen his form this season and I 'm sure a year in Div.1 wo n't have improved him . |
| 18 | I only saw it open a few times but as far as I remember there were a couple of old ledgers and a stack of pocket files . ’ |
| 19 | Before I regret the temporary arrival of my better nature , you 'd better let me make a few calls and see what I can do to get you home today . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps you can just let me have a few details … |
| 21 | Now then , perhaps you can let me have a few details … |
| 22 | things are looking clearer now than they did you know a few weeks ago . |
| 23 | Do you want a few chips on a plate nan ? |
| 24 | WHY , in the age of the microchip , does it take a few seconds to phone Australia but four full working days for a cheque to clear ? |