Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I want to spend a few minutes on again this is something we 'll test tomorrow , right so I 'm giving you , training 's all about doing what do you think ? |
| 2 | Now I want to lose a few pounds , ’ he says . |
| 3 | Finally , I want to say a few words about the problems with our present laws , especially in relation to welfare . |
| 4 | Finally , I want to say a few words about the assumption of " slowly varying currents " in connection with the last example . |
| 5 | Second I want to say a few words about the efforts that have been made in the last twelve months to increase the G M B's role in the building and civil engineering industries and third I want to say something about the present serious situation in the building industry pay talks . |
| 6 | And I want to keep a few things to remind me of Billy . |
| 7 | Well , let's look for a few moments this morning at one such incident when Jesus did do it and it 's in er , Mark chapter four , I want to read a few verses from there , Mark chapter four . |
| 8 | I want to make a few suggestions to my right hon. and learned Friend the Chief Secretary about small businesses . |
| 9 | Well I agree with that but I want to make a few points first of all , because poll tax was tangled up with this . |
| 10 | ‘ I want to have a few words with you , John . |
| 11 | ‘ I stopped working a few weeks ago . |
| 12 | I 've , I 'd got a few stares from some of the women there , I mean , there are some women there that are huge , and maybe they looked at me and thought oh I hope I can wear leggings like that one day , I mean I do n't think I look too bad in the leggings , I mean I would never have done it when I used to go to Weightwatchers when I was thirteen and a half stone , I would never of gone in leggings , no way , but it does n't |
| 13 | I 'd had a few notions about being a journalist , but I think that if I 'd had Latin I might have stayed on and tried for an academic career . |
| 14 | But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like . |
| 15 | It 's actually quite a good book and I 'd had a few qualms about turning it over to Lenny the Lathe , who specializes in converting books more than an inch thick into fireproof combination lock safes . |
| 16 | By the time the highlights were on t.v I 'd had a few beers and was n't paying much attention ! |
| 17 | Jesus , it 's pathetic , but I 'd had a few bourbons … ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm sorry to keep you waiting , ’ he went on , ‘ but those of you who have been here before will know that I like to say a few words to break the ice before we get down to the real business of the weekend . |
| 19 | When my oldest son Blair said farewell sadly to the Outer Hebrides and came to work in Aberdeenshire , my wife Ann and I arranged to spend a few days there , fishing and exploring a country that neither of us knew . |
| 20 | I mean I remember reading a few bits in English but , you know , |
| 21 | That 's to take care of my having to hand a few bribes out as well as supporting myself . |
| 22 | Which , I was beginning to think , might be just what I needed to ease a few tensions . |
| 23 | By a supreme effort I managed to feed a few inches back into the vaginal opening but as soon as I relaxed it popped quietly out again . |
| 24 | But we forgot to dispose of the discarded furnishings , and six months later when I went to spend a few days with a senior Burmese colleague , he showed me with great satisfaction his small-town church , furnished with the discarded pews , pulpit , litany desks , with the collection bags being changed according to the ecclesiastical season ! |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Of course , I do have a few problems , but I have good caring doctors who have prescribed medication . |
| 27 | However , I do have a few reservations about the display of the pack . |
| 28 | A third says : ‘ I love to read a few words of the Gospel , so that I can see Christ and listen to what He is saying to me . ’ |
| 29 | ( OK , so I 'm guilty of psychic breaking and entering on a massive scale , and the occasional bit of arson , but I did deliver a few villains their come-uppances when nobody else could , and I once taught a woman how to fly … ) |
| 30 | It was difficult to see him alone , but I did manage a few times . |