Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a few [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dustin , who had arrived with Anne , three-month-old Jennifer , and a nanny , played the piano or sang dirty songs to a guitar accompaniment in the hotel lounge in the evenings and , on one occasion , went into the kitchen to gather a few pots and pans to use as bongo drums in order to entertain his colleagues . |
| 2 | Corbett whispered a few words and the friar looked up sharply and nodded . |
| 3 | The journalists asked a few questions and got no real answers and the old Monsieur le Président , who had presided so long in his own way at the top , shouted and banged his fist before leaving the room . |
| 4 | Until the eighteenth century settlement within the neighbouring parish of West Bromwich took the form of small groups of cottages clustered together in ‘ ends ’ around the heaths , where squatters had opportunities to graze a few animals and to build a little workshop . |
| 5 | The couple 's interest in gardening began with the desire to grow fuchsias to fill a few pots and baskets . |
| 6 | In the box Boy kept a few books and a lot of letters ; apart from his clothes these were about the only things he had in the flat that were his own . |
| 7 | The boarding-school had a few pets and we were allowed to look after them in our free time . |
| 8 | The team has a few ifs and buts about it . |
| 9 | She knew that although the shop stocked a few overalls and smocks and even some children 's clothes and sheepskin jackets , it was the long dresses with their wonderfully romantic feel and yards of material in the skirts , that the cognoscenti came to buy . |
| 10 | Peter Allis has turned golf into a kind of harmless interview where public figures hit a few shots and chat about themselves . |
| 11 | We only want the managers to change a few things and to be more careful about safety . ’ |
| 12 | The biographical sources mention a few facts and anecdotes attributable to this period , among them the fact that toward the end of his life he was afflicted with ophthalmia and became nearly or totally blind . |
| 13 | Jack hit a few shots and when the headmaster had disappeared around the corner he strolled down to the green and dropped three or four balls into the hole ‘ just to make sure ’ . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Spawning lasts a few hours and then the pair should be removed . |
| 16 | Such excitements are rare ; The Hague has a few clubs and theatres and it will soon have its own ballet company , but for the most part the Hagenaars , as the residents are known , spend their evenings at home and retire at a respectable hour . |
| 17 | Knight bannerets of the king 's household stopped them but Cranston muttered a few words and they let him by . |
| 18 | The crowd threw a few rocks and dispersed . |
| 19 | So Barry greased a few palms and set up a day at the Foss Island Waterpark in Brandsburton , North Yorkshire . |
| 20 | Lucy crawled out of bed around lunchtime , found her way up to the shower while Josie could be heard moving around in the kitchen , and could n't resist leaving aside her own hard soap and supermarket shampoo in order to freeload a few squirts and squeezes of the gels , mousses and lotions that stood on the tiled windowsill . |
| 21 | Ciaran said a few words and presented the prizes to the winning teams . |
| 22 | It may also have the effect of precluding those members who can not find the time to attend a few workshops and may therefore strengthen management committees and their bureaux in the long run . |
| 23 | The Port Ellen Sacred Harmony Class sang a few anthems and Miss Shaw played the piano . |
| 24 | The Post Office sells a few souvenirs and the cafe sells sandwiches " to go " , and there is a converted barn selling walking gear and souvenirs with a smashing little tea shop . |
| 25 | As it had been hired out for stage work a few times and was n't perfect the selling price was thirty-five pounds . |
| 26 | She slid open a fitted wardrobe to their left to reveal a few suits and pairs of trousers hanging from a rail . |