Example sentences of "[verb] a few [noun] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | we know , from research even amongst very young girls who only smoke a few cigarettes a week , that when they try to give up they get withdrawal symptoms , and so having a cigarette erm helps them |
| 2 | Can anyone recommend somebody who would like a few hours a week domestic cleaning ( and maybe occasional catering work ? ) |
| 3 | Representatives from as many relevant agencies as possible met a few times a year , and devised an agreed strategy for the inner area concerned . |
| 4 | Could you spare a few hours a month to be a secretary or chairman of a group , a Panda keeper , or trading officer ? |
| 5 | But it 's , we 've got to get them motivated and I 'm asking today , you know , we need more help and if you can spare a few hours a week it would be more than appreciated . |
| 6 | ‘ We lose a few holidaymakers every year . |
| 7 | You had to pee a few times a day to survive . |
| 8 | He takes a few players every year on his estancia . |
| 9 | They had always spent a few weeks every year in Ireland , relaxing and visiting old friends . |
| 10 | Existing ’ defined ’ boundaries sometimes need monitoring : the author on one occasion was involved with a site where development was delayed pending completion of a sewerage scheme and one boundary advanced a few feet a year , flower beds , lawn and all . |
| 11 | Even in the days of hard communism , parents had to pay a few yuan a term . |
| 12 | Where one librarian may choose to spend several complete days in the school vacation creating a database , other librarians or teachers may choose to spend a few hours every week over one or two terms . |
| 13 | In On the Night of the Fire ( 1939 , The Fugitive in US ) , Ralph Richardson plays a small-town barber whose desire to be shot of a miserable life , ‘ earning a few quid a week and no hope of making anything more ’ leads him first to an act of casual theft , then murder . |
| 14 | For the angler who only makes a few sorties a year it makes sense to buy hooks in smaller units like packets of ten . |
| 15 | I feel that this is a difficult poem to understand but when it has been read a few times the meaning becomes clear . |