Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [noun pl] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I may need a few shots before I find the mark , Khan . ’
2 Could you wait a few weeks until I 'm sure ? ’
3 ‘ And anyway , ’ whispered another voice , and one that was rather more matter-of-fact because it was her own , ‘ there 's a young eagle out there called Creggan who needs to know a few things if he 's going to survive and be free . ’
4 He dropped a few matches as he fumbled disconsolately with his smoking equipment .
5 He can still smell a million dollars when it 's within reach .
6 ELVIS PRESLEY 'S last letter , written a few hours before he died , was to an elderly woman he looked on almost as a mother .
7 I do carry a few prizes if I have requests but I prefer to have people involved and enjoying games for the fun of joining in and having a good time , rather than to win a reward .
8 But I think I should ring a few times before I would arrange to meet him .
9 Miss Bedwelty arrived a few minutes after they did and they all piled into the factory .
10 The message probably arrived a few minutes after we left .
11 The diagrams for patterns will have a narrow seam allowance incorporated but add a few stitches if you think your seams will be well within the drawn edges .
12 But jobs were hard to find and he decided not to resign then but to wait a few weeks until he found another job .
13 In 1836 Sir Charles Knightley , one of the richest men in England , had to ride twenty miles to break open his daughter 's money box and borrow a few sovereigns before he could … ’
14 I went back to the Maggot 's foul house , where he kept his killer dog and astonishing collection of guns , and we sat on his makeshift verandah that overlooked a noxious and polluted creek and shared a few whiskies as he told me an incredibly tedious tale of how he had once sacked the quarterback of the San Francisco Sugar Plums .
15 But then came the news his immigration application had been delayed a few weeks because he 's a diabetic .
16 She was er I mean was a pop s ex pop singer , I 'd only just stopped singing a few weeks before I started to work with Sybil and she could not have been more gracious and generous in helping me get through it .
17 No sooner had she begun manufacturing a few defences than he demolished them with a flick of his finger .
18 Okay , let's let's try and clarify a few points as we go along .
19 And the Oxford Cheetahs can ruffle a few feathers when they meet the Exeter Falcons tonight .
20 ‘ It would have been horrid if he had been born a few days after she died . ’
21 She had not walked a hundred metres before she tripped over a loose stone and went crashing over a steep overhang .
22 May you have a hundred pupils before you turn round . "
23 ‘ Can I … you know , can I have a few minutes before we go ? ,
24 I 'll be able to model your gown ; it 's right at the end of the show , so I 'll have a few minutes after I 've finished Roman 's clothes . ’
25 The doorbell rang a few minutes after she had opened the lid of her case and returned downstairs to make herself a cup of tea .
26 BELFAST jockey Pat McWilliams is beginning to settle down and ride a few winners since he returned from England before Christmas facing an uncertain future .
27 So can losing a few pounds if you are overweight .
28 The extremely well-britched U2 are about to incur a few expenses as it would appear that they have half-inched some of the NME 's STUART BAILIE 's bon-mots .
29 I died a thousand deaths before I got him ashore , but eventually , at the fourth attempt , I managed to beach the fish .
30 Victor Frankenstein died a few hours after he had written his last word .
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