Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [verb] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We expected Uri to bend a few spoons but we did n't expect the viewers to bend the truth , ’ he said . |
| 2 | The tri-Service commands in the Middle and Far East were working well , and so he tasked Thorneycroft to apply the same principles to the Service ministries in Whitehall . |
| 3 | That feat accomplished Eubank provided the few thrills against Thornton 's dogged , but unconvincing , attacks . |
| 4 | When we got into the studio , I got Gibson to send a few guitars down for a try-out and I ended up using them the whole way through the album . |
| 5 | She was still laughing softly as she laid the phone down , but the laughter died in her throat as she looked up to see Adam standing a few feet away , his eyes hard as jet . |
| 6 | I met Leonard Elmhirst a few times in his old age . |
| 7 | I think the time has come to ask Meredith Putt a few questions . ’ |
| 8 | Garrison Savanah has a few tales to tell … he won the big race at Cheltenham 3 years ago and tomorrow the Gloucestershire favourite will be off and running for the big prize at Newbury |
| 9 | Not quite a woman — because I wanted to do things with Gittel that only a man was supposed to want to do ; not quite a man — because I wanted Gittel to do the same things back to me . ’ |