Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] a [adj] [noun pl] " 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 | It has also gained a few floors . |
| 4 | He has also missed a few internationals through injury . ’ |
| 5 | USL has also provided a customisable systems administration guide and release notes for creating end-user documentation and installation script . |
| 6 | The company has also established a Select Partners programme on the UK for the AViiON range , signing up four specialist resellers , ACT Network Si , BLCMP Library Services Ltd , Trinity Computer Services and Weir Systems . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | In adopting this approach the judge has neatly established a potential blackmailers ' charter . |
| 9 | ‘ But the horse has certainly had a few adventures in the meantime . |
| 10 | ‘ You 'd better break a few rules . ’ |
| 11 | They 'd only taken a few steps when a man gave an appreciative wolf whistle . |
| 12 | We 'd only had a few dates . |
| 13 | ‘ And we 'd only had a few months of marriage . ’ |
| 14 | We 'd all had a few drinks . |
| 15 | The boy was killed instantly and Ballantine was seen later crying a few yards away from his body . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I 'd never seen a white blues band playing so good and this kid , Jimmie Vaughan , was playing some of the most devastating guitar I 've ever heard in my life . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Laurence del Brok probably died a few days before 25 December 1274 . |
| 21 | Having just spent a few nights in a major-accident ward , I 'd rather be late than hurry . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ The young man you saw merely exchanged a few words in English with me , and his arm was on the back of the seat — not cuddling me ! |
| 23 | I saw Best play a few times . |
| 24 | ‘ He was much bigger than me and very fast , so I think I did well to get a 14–9 points verdict over the three rounds . |
| 25 | It was a routine call on the bereaved Mrs Place who had lost her father and who might soon be a widow , who had perhaps shed a few tears , but not very many . |
| 26 | They , they 've suddenly had a few outbreaks of polio have n't they ? |
| 27 | So you 've obviously dropped a few marks on that . |
| 28 | Our expert tasters , the million cuppa men — they 've all drunk a million cups of tea — go up the northbound carriageway and down the south and assess all on their qualities . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've — I 've only got a hundred pounds in traveller 's cheques . |
| 30 | Erm , now what that means is , if you ca n't answer the question and you 've only got a few lines down then sort of trying t w blur it a little bit and make it waffly so that there 's something we can point to and say that you 've written something , right ? |