Example sentences of "[verb] a few [noun pl] [coord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did so , heaving and pushing until the bed moved a few inches and I saw the slight scorch mark on the stone floor beneath . |
| 2 | An initial inspection of the loco , still in impeccable condition externally , has revealed a few problems and it is hoped that the Standard will be back in service sooner than the two to three years expected for overhaul . |
| 3 | Knight bannerets of the king 's household stopped them but Cranston muttered a few words and they let him by . |
| 4 | ‘ Just wait a few months and we will go as tourists . ’ |
| 5 | But by the end of our first year in Cornwall she 'd made a few friends and I was n't being bullied so much , so life became a little easier . |
| 6 | SUPER SAVER DAVID JAMES may have made a few mistakes but he is learning all the time , says Liverpool boss Graeme Souness ( inset ) . |
| 7 | Every time he walked that 's him come back again and every time he stopped it stopped and this happened a few times and he was very scared and he thought he had better go and see what the noise was and anything well it was just a pet sheep tangled up in its tether . |
| 8 | ‘ Les has had a few problems but he could do very well alongside Deanesy . ’ |
| 9 | Now you have had a few crackles but they 've been fairly easily sorted out . |
| 10 | She wanted it too , and maybe when she and Charlie were married and in bed and they 'd had a few drinks and she was wearing a black nightie , then maybe it would n't be so bad . |
| 11 | I 've been out on the on the streets and the roads and we 've had a few beers and I 've not seen any trouble but the first I 've heard of trouble was was this morning after breakfast in a nearby hotel and and by by the trouble that 's been caused I do n't know the details of it but I believe it 's been quite intense really . |
| 12 | whatever you want to do , but it 's not worth doing anything else other than we 're going to play a few games but they 're |
| 13 | Erm so I 've bought a few bottles and I do n't |
| 14 | Well there 's another lad he 's been ill in health he 's worked more now than he ever has cos he used to work a few days and lose a few days and he was n't . |
| 15 | ‘ I made a few enquiries an' it 's up fer rent , ’ he called back . |
| 16 | Well , you know , I think it was a kind of sports bag or something and I thought oh I 'll go along with that and the other , I mean I had heard of them before and I made a few enquiries and they said , you know , you you were quite quality company so I thought |
| 17 | The war having started in September , the RAF were accepting a few Americans but they did n't like his record . |
| 18 | Now already , she 's had a wash and a workout or two , and read a few books and she thinks she 's the answer to an Amazon 's prayer . |
| 19 | Pass a few exams and I 'd do lots of shows and festivals when I 've won money for my dance school . |
| 20 | ‘ We expected Uri to bend a few spoons but we did n't expect the viewers to bend the truth , ’ he said . |
| 21 | For a complicated shape this may take a few minutes but it is much more controlled than some of the automatic methods . |
| 22 | We 've gone a few rounds and we 're still good friends . |
| 23 | Here 's the bank — see the queue along the street from the cash point — people who 've got pots of money in that bank and all they 've got to do is press a few buttons and it 'll spew out a wad of crisp notes into their delicately manicured hand . |
| 24 | All he had to do was get up and walk a few steps and he could escape it all . |
| 25 | Ie you choose a few players and you work out your result depending upon how those players did on saturday . |
| 26 | You were right about him being mentioned in the Eye ; appeared a few times and I got the cuts up … ’ |
| 27 | I 've done nothing since Cape Town except swing a golf club and sink a few tins and I 'm enjoying myself . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Each time a memo was fired off and the problem was solved , but it only lasted a few days and they were using the extinguishers again , ’ he said . |
| 29 | ‘ At first , I had a few reservations but we got it mixed in a day . |
| 30 | The boarding-school had a few pets and we were allowed to look after them in our free time . |