Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb pp] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1987 he had declined an offer to direct the National Gallery in London , opting instead to lead the Kimbell where he has since conducted an exemplary acquisitions campaign ; also , he has close ties with Mr Mellon , having served as CEO of the Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art , established by the philanthropist at Yale University . |
| 2 | Potato brown rot has only affected a few tonnes on one farm so far … but experts are keeping their eyes on it . |
| 3 | Still at school but has already played a few times in midfield for youth team . |
| 4 | Because we must remember that Iraq has already had an eight years war and they 're used to a war , they used to withstanding a war and it was the only reason that Britain survived in the last world war because it could withstand attack , and wait and wait until they were ready to counter attack . |
| 5 | It has also gained a few floors . |
| 6 | He has also missed a few internationals through injury . ’ |
| 7 | USL has also provided a customisable systems administration guide and release notes for creating end-user documentation and installation script . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 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 | In adopting this approach the judge has neatly established a potential blackmailers ' charter . |
| 11 | ‘ But the horse has certainly had a few adventures in the meantime . |
| 12 | They 'd only taken a few steps when a man gave an appreciative wolf whistle . |
| 13 | We 'd only had a few dates . |
| 14 | ‘ And we 'd only had a few months of marriage . ’ |
| 15 | We 'd all had a few drinks . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Having just spent a few nights in a major-accident ward , I 'd rather be late than hurry . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | They , they 've suddenly had a few outbreaks of polio have n't they ? |
| 21 | So you 've obviously dropped a few marks on that . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've — I 've only got a hundred pounds in traveller 's cheques . |
| 24 | 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 ? |
| 25 | If you only get a few ideas , you 've only got a few things to look at . |
| 26 | I 've only got a few books on differentiating . |
| 27 | You 've got to pay attention to what you 're doing because you 've only got a few laps . ’ |
| 28 | In recent years we met less often and yet he could conjure up an incident which made us both feel it had all happened a few days ago . |
| 29 | She 'd tacked a few scraps of old cotton into a baby-gown too and sent it round next door for the new Rattrie baby , born very inconveniently , as it turned out , the day after the funeral , her fit of generosity entirely misplaced , since the child had only lived a few hours and the gown — upon which Odette had worked a few hasty stitches of embroidery — had ended up in the pawnshop — Cara had seen it herself in the window — to help pay , she supposed , for yet another infantile disposal . |
| 30 | We had only gone a few steps when a voice called out from across the street . |