Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [art] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | The couple 's interest in gardening began with the desire to grow fuchsias to fill a few pots and baskets . |
| 4 | We only want the managers to change a few things and to be more careful about safety . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She slid open a fitted wardrobe to their left to reveal a few suits and pairs of trousers hanging from a rail . |