Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Potato brown rot has only affected a few tonnes on one farm so far … but experts are keeping their eyes on it . |
| 2 | Still at school but has already played a few times in midfield for youth team . |
| 3 | Now she is learning to walk again and has already had a few day visits home . |
| 4 | It has also gained a few floors . |
| 5 | He has also missed a few internationals through injury . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I mean , who has n't learned a few Sultans Of Swing licks ? |
| 8 | I said , ‘ I think you should know how to cook a few things , in case they ask you to feed the children , ’ but she seemed to think that knowing how to make a Marmite sandwich would be enough . |
| 9 | ‘ I see you got your hair cut by the scenic route , ’ she remarks to one gentleman who has neatly slicked a few strands over his bald patch . |
| 10 | ‘ But the horse has certainly had a few adventures in the meantime . |
| 11 | But it was as I got into my teenaged years I began to get bored with my walk on roles , sitting around for hours waiting to go on with make-up and costumes on was no fun any more , but I was far too young to do anything else but walk on say a few lines and walk off again . |
| 12 | Perhaps , when he 'd dropped her , he 'd better give a little thought to damage limitation and the covering of his tracks . |
| 13 | ‘ You 'd better break a few rules . ’ |
| 14 | They 'd only taken a few steps when a man gave an appreciative wolf whistle . |
| 15 | We 'd only had a few dates . |
| 16 | ‘ And we 'd only had a few months of marriage . ’ |
| 17 | This is a splendidly versatile way of patterning so spend a little time trying it out before you start on ‘ moon craters ’ . |
| 18 | We 'd all had a few drinks . |
| 19 | About ten days after the Club dance , my mother and father and I , and Anne and her parents drove up to spend a few days in the Rest House at Kota Belud , a beauty spot on the upper slopes of Kinabalu . |
| 20 | Fancy teaming up to shoot a few goals in a dynamic , fast growing team sport ? |
| 21 | The boy was killed instantly and Ballantine was seen later crying a few yards away from his body . |
| 22 | Worm baits also tempted a few whiting and coalfish . |
| 23 | I 'd read the various bits and pieces a couple of times now , looking for something deep and mysterious in it all but not finding anything ; I 'd even done a little research of my own , and discovered through mum that dad had some more of Rory 's papers in his study ; she 'd promised she 'd try and look them out for me . |
| 24 | It contains an extraordinary collection , beautifully presented , and any hon. Members who find themselves in Carlisle would do well to spend a few hours there . |
| 25 | It was decided instead to select a few films from each of a number of categories ( i.e. types of driving situation ) and thus ensure that within each category there was enough similarity to create sufficient potential distractors for each target . |
| 26 | A few yards beyond this , the tramway turned left to terminate a few yards into Thicket Road , by the Penge entrance of the Crystal Palace grounds . |
| 27 | ON A DAY when many people are wondering how to make a few bob out of water , somebody else showed how to make millions , in the worst possible City fashion . |
| 28 | One theory is that the oil has sunk , and is drifting in globules a few metres below the surface of the water . |
| 29 | Laurence del Brok probably died a few days before 25 December 1274 . |
| 30 | When feeding characteristically run a little way and then stop , often bobbing head nervously ; head held up as if listening , not down like Knot ( p. 129 ) or Dunlin ( p. 127 ) . |