Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Bodie softened his voice , teased Liz mercilessly , until she agreed to meet him a few minutes later , to be taken to Linda Stone 's school . |
| 2 | Unlike our other two children , our daughter Alicia has given us a few problems with her nightly stirrings . |
| 3 | He has angered us a few times , Sheridan , Vinny , Eric , Batty all gone but we 're still up there , second in the league . |
| 4 | We just want to ask you a few questions and get out . |
| 5 | He promised to bring me a few notes from which I could prepare a draft but he never did . ’ |
| 6 | He 'd given her a few sugar pieces , which she 'd taken , and even offered several pinches of snuff , which she had n't . |
| 7 | Erm I came to see you a few weeks ago at night you know er It 's just like I 'm just filling up , you know , with mucus and stuff and coughing and I had er no sleep for about a week . |
| 8 | She 'd met him a few times , usually when he was drunk . |
| 9 | ‘ It 'ud do to buy us a few drinks with , Sam , ’ a woman called from the far end of the smoke-blackened room . |
| 10 | And to be fair to you I 'm again going to give you a few minutes to talk about that , not quite as long as the other time , then I 'll ask you to jot a couple of things down as well as , so I 'm just telling you in advance . |
| 11 | and , and play he said , and then try it for a , but he said you 've got to do it a few times |
| 12 | I would like to say that we should be concentrating on traffic management schemes which included traffic calming and take this I 'd like to give you a few examples . |
| 13 | I should like to ask her a few questions , such as what she really feels about the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) . |
| 14 | ‘ We would like to ask you a few questions about Andrew Livesey . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd like to ask you a few questions , Miss Cassidy ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Miss Fraser , I 'd like to ask you a few questions if I may . ’ |
| 17 | Now if you say it in an ex , in a , in a do you want to give me a few examples ? |
| 18 | But he agreed the police could have given them a few day 's notice of the situation . |
| 19 | The sort of thing that would have delighted him a few months ago — he would have chuckled over its witty irreverence , and imagined with pleasure Clare 's shock and embarrassment had she come across it . |
| 20 | In this article I will try to give you a few tips to make life a little easier . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , you 'll have to give me a few minutes to get myself ready . |
| 22 | I 'll try , but you 'll have to give me a few days before you pull her in . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We 'll have to give it a few days to get properly weather-beaten . |
| 24 | Fifteen sixteen pounds and then you 've got another six or seven pound for a changing mat you wan na say to him , that you know , can I have er , some money , I want to start getting us a few things together , but you , I mean , what about clothes ? |
| 25 | To make life easier for us all I started to teach her a few commands , but I found she would obey any order before it was given . |
| 26 | Ironically , one of Mr Yeltsin 's critics , Mr Ruslan Khasbulatov , speaker of parliament , might have swung him a few votes by appealing at the start of the session for deputies to behave responsibly , seek compromise and encourage ‘ dialogue , not monologue ’ . |
| 27 | These three are likely to feature in tomorrow 's opening match against a Stellenbosch Farmers XI , though any idea of a nice easy game should be dismissed as Yorkshire , who have been out here for a week , struggled to beat them a few days ago . |
| 28 | I did phone her a few weeks ago and she said , ooh I 'll have to see you on Friday in Mould you know get a |
| 29 | Your mum did tell me a few weeks ago |
| 30 | ‘ Because if you have , the Company might want to ask you a few questions . ’ |