Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I 'm just trying to think we really want to try and fit a few lessons into the holiday if you can it 's up to you fit in . |
| 2 | They are encouraged to try and take a few steps back and be a little more objective with themselves . |
| 3 | Modern plastics and silicones have made pipe connections so easy : no more messing about with tarred hemp and mortar , which inevitably cracked and leaked a few years later . |
| 4 | After a moment she felt herself lifted and carried a few paces . |
| 5 | Urquhart stopped and turned a few yards ahead of her . |
| 6 | Father Kipling stooped and said a few words to them as he passed into the sacristy to vest , and they turned round and looked at Clare . |
| 7 | When they had met and exchanged a few kisses , that would be time enough . |
| 8 | But for some women , seeing and exchanging a few words with a number of other people during the day may actually be a source of negative feelings . |
| 9 | Off he goes and returns a few minutes later with friend and a dirty great Roller , all pristine chrome and gleaming fenders . |
| 10 | Going and having a few meals with him did n't seem evil or furtive in any way . |
| 11 | Mr Wogan arrived and had a few words with me — and everybody else — but once again I do n't recall what we talked about . |
| 12 | Corbett nodded and pushed a few coins into the purveyor 's slack hands . |
| 13 | Gurder 's mouth opened and shut a few times . |
| 14 | The girl 's mouth opened and shut a few times . |
| 15 | Colin Dexter explains how his appearances started and gives a few tips to potential extras . |
| 16 | Okay , let's let's try and clarify a few points as we go along . |
| 17 | To escape , the heat has to travel up through quite large thicknesses of continental crust , and a large proportion does not get very far ; instead , it comes to rest and solidifies a few kilometres below the surface , forming enormous masses of igneous rock which have been forced or intruded into the crust and are known as batholiths ( Greek origin , meaning something like deep stones ) . |
| 18 | We rang and waited a few minutes , but no one came . |
| 19 | The reason he slipped out was to phone and make a few arrangements for them . |
| 20 | After the usual bread and jam left out by Mrs Garfitt , Toby went and played a few games of rounders with the young boys . |
| 21 | Even asset-strippers had to relax and pursue a few hobbies from time to time … |
| 22 | I try and rig a few wires up ! |
| 23 | Nathan laughed and ran a few steps in front of Ari , turning back to bow . |
| 24 | Well , we have seen electrical cars in the form of milk floats for many years , and of course they 're particularly suited to intermittent use , stopping and starting every few yards . |
| 25 | Throughout the next two years I had lost interest in the game I would wait a few months and then in a space of a week I would go and have a few games it was n't until 1993 early January that I started playing regularly again I was determined to get a handicap and play in a few competitions sometime that year . |
| 26 | He swayed and teetered a few times , and there were gasps from the onlookers . |
| 27 | Go and pack a few things , enough for a couple of days . |
| 28 | Go and push a few notes on your own piano ; there 's no one here to wince at the sound you make these days . |
| 29 | Waterlilies need lifting and dividing every few years . |
| 30 | Many of the prisoners smiled and exchanged a few words either directly with the governor or with people in our party . |