Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a few [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they fished me out I made a few phone calls , |
| 2 | Would you mind if I made a few housing enquiries for you ? |
| 3 | Not unless I get a few phone calls from been here today . |
| 4 | Lucker and I get a few beach items together and set off across the dunes towards the shimmering shore . |
| 5 | Alcoholism is a social thing , not a homelessness thing — I mean , I knew a few university lecturers who were alcoholics , but they all had homes to go to — or still had , last time they ever spoke to me . ’ |
| 6 | I have a few non-leeds mates who would be interested . |
| 7 | Toftingall , which lies a few miles south from the village of Watten , was one of the first Caithness lochs we fished . |
| 8 | All are small islets only a few thousand square metres in extent , which support a few Shetland sheep , a sizable common seal population and a few birds . |
| 9 | Collecting up a knapsack which contained a few beach things , Liza and Celia went to the bottom of the garden and began their descent , one which was not quite as successfully negotiated as when Edna was in charge . |
| 10 | No-one minds a few Greenpeace loonies demonstrating , but when you get nice middle-class housewives not wanting a nuclear station in their back-yard , you 're in trouble . |
| 11 | Her last evening — last Saturday — I suggested she asked a few hospital colleagues in for pasta , which she did . |
| 12 | The investor who has a few privatisation shares and wants to extend a portfolio without paying for advice does have a cheap alternative to discretionary portfolio management . |
| 13 | She has a few men friends at the moment : ‘ They 're all special ’ , she smiles . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's fine , ’ she said , but as soon as she took a few practice steps forward , the edges of the bale , on either side of the binding rope . |
| 15 | The boss knew I was worked to death , and not wanting to lose me said , ‘ Mick , you take a few days rest . |
| 16 | Surplus component boards etc. are most useful if they contain expensive semiconductors , and are probably something that are best left to those who have a few years experience of electronics behind them . |
| 17 | One of the wonder boys we sold a few years back was Ian Snodin , to Everton . |
| 18 | ‘ Last year we arranged a few entertainment evenings over at one of our sister Homes . |
| 19 | About a week before Michael was due to go back into hospital , we managed a few days holiday in the Lake District . |
| 20 | Then as soon as they loose a few games Cantona will bugger off , Sharpe will go back to old habits and Giggs will go to Italy ( : - ) ) . |
| 21 | And we should just sort of say what is necessary to find out and everybody gets a few telephone numbers or telephone calls check out addresses find out about new ones , get in contact with the district council erm what is in the pipeline . |
| 22 | They had they had a few minutes silence for him when he died down Framlingham . |
| 23 | I bet they have a few Sony Walkman 's disappear . |
| 24 | On reaching the peg which had stopped my fall , he made a few trial attempts with the skyhook , just to find out how it worked . |
| 25 | Also known as Alphabet City , or Loisaida to the Hispanics whose numbers dominate the area , it lies a few blocks north of Little Italy , the spiritual home of the Mafia , and a few blocks south of the East Village , where New York beatniks gave birth to our modern global drug subculture . |
| 26 | In August one year he spent a few days holiday at Saxon-les-Bains in the Rhone Valley , where he had an interest in a fruit preserving factory . |
| 27 | However , not only is the wind downwind of a sail affected but also that behind the board , since the sail curves the wind and it takes a few board lengths for it to revert to its normal direction . |
| 28 | Sanders ca n't be all that interested in the Plan if he takes a few days vacation rather than give the presentation . |
| 29 | and she said David said he saw a few snow flakes . |
| 30 | Even if it means a few phone calls . |